Stephens, T;
Vail, EA;
Billings, J;
(2022)
Silver linings: will the COVID-19 pandemic instigate long overdue mental health support services for healthcare workers?
British Journal of Anaesthesia
, 128
(6)
pp. 912-914.
10.1016/j.bja.2022.03.012.
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Abstract
Summary: A study in this month’s journal adds to the growing body of evidence regarding the potential mental health impacts on frontline healthcare staff working during the COVID-19 pandemic. As clinical academics representing critical care, nursing, and medicine, and a psychologist guiding support for frontline health and social workers, we offer our perspectives on this study. We discuss the balance between pragmatic and rigorous data collection on this topic and offer perspectives on the observed differential impact on nurses. Finally, we suggest that the pandemic might have a positive effect by instigating more robust mental health support services for National Health Service workers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Silver linings: will the COVID-19 pandemic instigate long overdue mental health support services for healthcare workers? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bja.2022.03.012 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2022.03.012 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19, functional impairment, healthcare worker, intensive care, mental health, post-traumatic stress disorder |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148097 |
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