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Covid-19: psychological effects on healthcare workers
Covid-19: recording their stories provides emotional benefit to healthcare workers
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2536 (Published 29 June 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m2536
- Paul Bennett, professor of clinical health psychology1,
- Rachael Hunter, senior lecturer1,
- Steve Johnston, head1,
- David Jones, consultant in intensive care2,
- Simon Noble, Marie Curie professor of supportive and palliative medicine3
- 1Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
- 2Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, UK
- 3Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- p.d.bennett{at}swansea.ac.uk
Kisely and colleagues’ meta-analysis reinforces the expectation that healthcare workers might experience substantial distress as a consequence of working with covid-19.1 One response to this is the use of “clinical debriefing.”
Although clinical debriefing might seem to give immediate benefit, it can increase risk for post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of directing participants to engage with elements of trauma that they would rather avoid.2 In addition, it might not …
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