Psychological distress and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic

Published Date: 01st August 2021

Publication Authors: Ramazany M, Langston S, Abela N

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Editor—There have now been two major pandemic response phases in the UK and Ireland: one in the spring of 2020 and one in the winter of 2020/21. This has placed an unprecedented strain on frontline healthcare workers.1,2 Earlier research during the first pandemic response identified high rates of psychological distress and trauma in doctors2, 3, 4, 5 and trainees.6,7 The impact of further pandemic phases on mental health, workforce attrition, and clinical care is yet to be established.

 

Roberts, T; Ramazany, M; Langston, S; Abela, N et al. (2021). Psychological distress and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic: survey of doctors practising anaesthesia, intensive care medicine, and emergency medicine in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 127 (2), E78-80

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