Suicidality among healthcare professionals during the first COVID19 wave

Bruffærts, Ronny; Voorspoels, Wouter; Jansen, Leontien; Kessler, Ronald C.; Mortier, Philippe; Vilagut, Gemma; Vocht, Joke De; Alonso, Jordi

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.013

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“…Dotychczasowe badania nad wpływem pandemii COVID-19 na wskaźniki zdrowia i dobrostanu psychicznego pokazują, że przyczyniła się ona m.in. do zwiększenia ryzyka wystąpienia objawów lękowych i depresyjnych, PTSD, ogólnego poziomu odczuwanego stresu, zaburzeń snu [3,4], myśli i tendencji samobójczych [5], poczucia samotności [6][7][8], a także do zmiany wzorców spożywania alkoholu [9,10]. Wśród grup w największym stopniu narażonych na pogorszenie zdrowia psychicznego w czasie pandemii wymienia się m.in.…”

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“…Słowa kluczowe: linia wsparcia, zdrowie psychiczne, koronawirus, pandemia, COVID-19. those with chronic somatic diseases or mental disorders [3,4], and also health care workers [3,5,14].…”

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“…Information about the MLW launch was conveyed to the Press Department and Social Assistance and Social Projects Bureau of the city authorities, the Warsaw-Mokotow District Office, Social Welfare Centers operating in Warsaw-Mokotow area, the Provincial Sanitary and Epidemiological Station, Warsaw Police Headquarters, and the Police District Headquarters for the Warsaw-Mokotow, Warsaw-Ursynow and Warsaw-Wilanow Districts, as well as to the churches in the Warsaw-Mokotow area. The information was also broadcast twice on news bulletins of the Polish Televi-by z przewlekłymi chorobami somatycznymi lub z zaburzeniami psychicznymi [3,4] oraz pracowników opieki zdrowotnej [3,5,14].…”

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Helpline provision during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of the Mokotow Mental Health Center

Zabrzygraj¹,

Świtaj²

2021

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Purpose:The purpose of our study was to present the community helpline initiated by the Mokotow Mental Health Center (Mokotowskie Centrum Zdrowia Psychicznego -MCZP) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and summarize its performance. Methods: The Mokotow Helpline (Mokotowska Linia Wsparcia -MLW) operated from March to July 2020, providing ad hoc interventions and short-term regular help by psychologists and a social worker. Results: 599 interventions were delivered to 262 people. Emergency support was given to 70.6% of callers and regular short-term support was provided to 29.4%. The highest number of people contacted the helpline in the first weeks of its operations, while from May 2020 onwards the frequency of calls systematically decreased. Women requested assistance twice as often as men. The most frequent reasons for contacting the line were the need for advice and support in connection with symptoms of mental illness occurring in a loved one (21.4%), request for medical services, e.g. appointment with a psychiatrist, prescription renewal or psychotherapy appointment (16.0%), anxiety (15.6%), reactive (adjustment) (13.0%) and depressive disorders (5.7%) and financial difficulties or loss of a job (5.7%). The most frequent interventions consisted of psychological support (73.8%), information or psychoeducation (16.9%), and also referring people to institutions that could provide the most appropriate form of help (8.1%). Conclusions:The helpline is an easily accessible and practical means of providing assistance to the population in critical situations such as the pandemic. The kind, duration and frequency of this form of help should be varied and adapted to the wide range of problems reported by callers.

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“…Słowa kluczowe: linia wsparcia, zdrowie psychiczne, koronawirus, pandemia, COVID-19. those with chronic somatic diseases or mental disorders [3,4], and also health care workers [3,5,14].…”

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Helpline provision during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of the Mokotow Mental Health Center

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Świtaj²

2021

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“…10 The prevalence of suicidal ideation has been reported as between 3.6% and 8.4% in Belgian and Spanish HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a UK study found that 13% of 709 intensive care unit workers in English hospitals had thoughts of self-harm during the pandemic. [11][12][13] Risk factors for suicidal ideation or thoughts of self-harm during this pandemic include current or prior mental illness, having been hospitalized with COVID-19 infection, family members infected with COVID-19, self-rated probability of contracting COVID-19, perceived stress, lack of organizational communication and coordination, lack of personnel or supervision in the workplace and financial stress. 11,13 By contrast, those who reported increased social support, had higher self-rated health, were more willing to work with COVID-19 patients, felt supported and were confident in defeating COVID-19 were at lower risk.…”

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“…[11][12][13] Risk factors for suicidal ideation or thoughts of self-harm during this pandemic include current or prior mental illness, having been hospitalized with COVID-19 infection, family members infected with COVID-19, self-rated probability of contracting COVID-19, perceived stress, lack of organizational communication and coordination, lack of personnel or supervision in the workplace and financial stress. 11,13 By contrast, those who reported increased social support, had higher self-rated health, were more willing to work with COVID-19 patients, felt supported and were confident in defeating COVID-19 were at lower risk. 11 Concerningly, HCWs often felt poorly supported by their workplaces during the pandemic.…”

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Mental health among healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Smallwood

Willis

2021

Respirology

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Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study: depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracism

Fountoulakis

Karakatsoulis

Abraham

et al. 2023

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Introduction The current study aimed to investigate the rates of anxiety, clinical depression, and suicidality and their changes in health professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak. Extended author information available on the last page of the article Materials and methodsThe data came from the larger COMET-G study. The study sample includes 12,792 health professionals from 40 countries (62.40% women aged 39.76 ± 11.70; 36.81% men aged 35.91 ± 11.00 and 0.78% non-binary gender aged 35.15 ± 13.03). Distress and clinical depression were identified with the use of a previously developed cut-off and algorithm, respectively. Statistical analysis Descriptive statistics were calculated. Chi-square tests, multiple forward stepwise linear regression analyses, and Factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tested relations among variables. Results Clinical depression was detected in 13.16% with male doctors and 'non-binary genders' having the lowest rates (7.89 and 5.88% respectively) and 'non-binary gender' nurses and administrative staff had the highest (37.50%); distress was present in 15.19%. A significant percentage reported a deterioration in mental state, family dynamics, and everyday lifestyle. Persons with a history of mental disorders had higher rates of current depression (24.64% vs. 9.62%; p < 0.0001). Suicidal tendencies were at least doubled in terms of RASS scores. Approximately one-third of participants were accepting (at least to a moderate degree) a non-bizarre conspiracy. The highest Relative Risk (RR) to develop clinical depression was associated with a history of Bipolar disorder (RR = 4.23). Conclusions The current study reported findings in health care professionals similar in magnitude and quality to those reported earlier in the general population although rates of clinical depression, suicidal tendencies, and adherence to conspiracy theories were much lower. However, the general model of factors interplay seems to be the same and this could be of practical utility since many of these factors are modifiable.

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Suicidality among healthcare professionals during the first COVID19 wave

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Helpline provision during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of the Mokotow Mental Health Center

Helpline provision during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of the Mokotow Mental Health Center

Mental health among healthcare workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study: depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracism

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