Administrators Expect Many Health Care Workers To Have Mental Illnesses After Fighting COVID-19

News & Press: COVID-19

Thursday, May 7, 2020 (0 Comments)
Posted by: Diane Berg

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The Los Angeles Times (5/6, Wilber) reports hospital administrators “expect to confront a surge of” mental illnesses “affecting physicians and nurses who battled COVID-19.” The Los Angeles Times adds, “As many as 20% to 25% of health care workers in hard-hit areas, experts say, are likely to develop disorders such as anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress – a rate similar to what is reported in soldiers returning from combat.”

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Administrators Expect Many Health Care Workers To Have Mental Illnesses After Fighting COVID-19