Health
Nearly half of ICU staff ‘meet threshold’ for PTSD, severe depression or problem drinking amid pandemic, study suggests – Yahoo Lifestyle Australia
This could ‘impair’ some workers’ ability to ‘provide high-quality care’.
There is a ‘substantial burden of mental health symptoms’ among intensive care unit staff, an expert has warned. (Posed by a model, Getty Images)
The mental health impact the coronavirus outbreak is having on intensive care unit (ICU) staff has been unveiled in stark new research.
Since the start of the pandemic, doctors, nurses and other hospital employees have spoken of the emotional burden of treating critically-ill patients, with many enduring exhaustion and sores from their personal protective…
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