Psychiatric symptoms and moral injury among US healthcare workers in the COVID-19 era

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Authors

Doron Amsalem · Columbia University

Amit Lazarov · Tel Aviv University

John C. Markowitz · Columbia University

Aliza Naiman · Columbia University

Thomas E. Smith · Columbia University

Lisa B. Dixon · Columbia University

Yuval Neria · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Abstract

Findings demonstrate broad, persisting, and diverse mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic among United States HCWs. This study is the first to longitudinally examine the relationships between moral injury and psychopathology among HCWs, emphasizing the need to increase HCWs' access to mental healthcare.

Topics & Keywords

Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout COVID-19 and Mental Health Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Psychiatry

Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 546-546

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-021-03565-9

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