IX. COVID – 19 mental health considerations for health care workers and patients: A brief overview

Abstract

It is clear that our patients are experiencing a variety of mental health problems – new or worsened because of COVID-19. It is unrealistic to expect HCP to be immune to this (1-6). Not surprisingly declining mental health across medical and healthcare professions are being reported as the COVID19 pandemic progresses (1-6). This is not unexpected. As a result, no edition on COVID-19 would be complete without a brief discussion on the mental health implications for health care workers involved in the delivery of care during this global pandemic. So while this section of the Disease A Month COVID-19 will provide some insights we hope will be useful, they are not comprehensive; new research and data are ongoing and emerging.