Tsamakis Konstantinos, Rizos Emmanouil, Manolis Athanasios J, Chaidou Sofia, Kympouropoulos Stylianos, Spartalis Eleftherios, Spandidos Demetrios A, Tsiptsios Dimitrios, Triantafyllis Andreas S
Second Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, 'ATTIKON' University Hospital, 12462 Athens, Greece.
King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London SE5 8AF, UK.
Exp Ther Med. 2020 Jun;19(6):3451-3453. doi: 10.3892/etm.2020.8646. Epub 2020 Apr 7.
In light of the unprecedented public health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is highly important to acknowledge the psychological impact of this mounting threat on healthcare professionals. Previous experience from smaller scale epidemics and emerging literature around COVID-19 show that the unparalleled amount of stress that healthcare workers are dealing with, is associated with increased psychological morbidities. We have depicted the psychological burden that the COVID-19 pandemic has posed on healthcare professionals in Greece and have reviewed the literature around the effect of previous epidemics on frontline healthcare staff. Moreover, we discuss potential triggers and the need for measures to minimise the psychological pressure on those at the frontline against this biothreat.
鉴于新冠疫情这一前所未有的公共卫生危机，认识到这一日益严重的威胁对医护人员的心理影响至关重要。以往小规模疫情的经验以及围绕新冠疫情的最新文献表明，医护人员所面临的前所未有的压力与心理疾病发病率的增加有关。我们描述了新冠疫情给希腊医护人员带来的心理负担，并回顾了以往疫情对一线医护人员影响的相关文献。此外，我们还讨论了潜在的触发因素以及采取措施将针对这种生物威胁的一线人员心理压力降至最低的必要性。
