Letters
Covid-19: psychological effects on healthcare workers
Digital approaches for mental health in the age of covid-19
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2541 (Published 29 June 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m2541
- Bernard P Chang, associate professor of emergency medicine1,
- Ronald C Kessler, McNeil family professor of health care policy2,
- Harold A Pincus, professor3,
- Matthew K Nock, Edgar Pierce professor of psychology4
- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, VC2—Suite #260, New York, NY 10032, USA
- 2Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- 3Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- 4Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- bpc2103{at}cumc.columbia.edu
Gold’s editorial on psychological first aid interventions recognises the major psychological consequences arising in the covid-19 pandemic.1 In this current climate, mounting effective mental health responses faces challenges, including the widespread reduction of available in-person mental health services and broad limitations in mobility as a result of the public health measures enacted.
Covid-19 is occurring in an age of unprecedented adoption of digital technology, creating opportunities for data driven testing and dissemination …
Log in
Log in using your username and password
Log in through your institution
Subscribe from £184 *
Subscribe and get access to all BMJ articles, and much more.
* For online subscription
Access this article for 1 day for:
£50 / $60/ €56 (excludes VAT)
You can download a PDF version for your personal record.