Mental Health Status of Healthcare Workers in China for COVID-19 Epidemic

Abstract

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, with epidemiological characteristics such as strong infectivity, high morbidity, multiple infection routes, and widespread infection [1, 2]. Since the epidemic began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, from January 2020 to April 2020, COVID-19 has spread explosively in China. As of May 24, a total of 5,290,506 cases had been diagnosed worldwide, with a total of 342,448 deaths. A total of 84,525 cases had been diagnosed in China, with 4,645 deaths and 79,749 cured [3]. The spread of the COVID-19 epidemic occurred exceptionally quickly, and its range is extensive, covering almost all countries in the world. Since the outbreak in China in December, the outbreak has been effectively controlled through the development of the Chinese government's prevention and control measures. On February 25, 2020, there were no new cases in 26 provinces across the country. The Chinese government began to gradually ease the controls of the epidemic situation and initiate the national resumption of production and orderly recovery, and China's anti-epidemic efforts have achieved effective results. Health workers are among the most important people in every major public health challenge, as frontline anti-epidemic workers, have made great contributions to anti-epidemic work and have experienced great psychological pressure, which may increase the current baseline level of psychopathology [4], it can even lead to related disorders, stress, anger, and mood dysregulation [5], can not continue to put into work. Therefore, the mental health issues of healthcare workers cannot be ignored. On January 26, 2020, the National Health Commission of China issued the notification of principles for emergency psychological crisis intervention for the COVID-19 epidemic. Local governments responded actively, establishing

Experiences and management of physician psychological symptoms during infectious disease outbreaks: a rapid review

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“…The six included qualitative studies [56,72,74,115,204,209] were considered to be of sufficient methodological quality. One study had a pre-test, post-test study design and was considered to be of sufficient methodological quality [112].…”

Portuguese Nurses’ Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Reduction Strategies during the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Psychological Distress and Coping Strategies Among Clinicians and Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study in Guilan, Iran

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