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Covid-19: psychological effects on healthcare workers
Covid-19 and the future of mental health in primary care
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2520 (Published 30 June 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m2520
- Miquel Roca, professor of psychiatry1,
- Caterina Vicens, primary care unit coordinator2,
- Margarita Gili, professor of social psychology1
- 1Institut Universitari d’ Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS/IDISBA, Rediapp), School of Medicine, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 2La Vileta Primary Care Unit (IUNICS/IDISBA, Rediapp), University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- mroca{at}uib.es
The spread of covid-19 has had a profound effect on the global economy, and the likelihood that the pandemic will lead to a huge recession and outstrip the financial crisis of 2008 is high.
Kisely and colleagues1 and Gold,2 along with Greenberg and colleagues,3 have pointed out the urgent need for strategies to minimise the psychological distress of healthcare workers. Current evidence indicates that after the pandemic …
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