Mental health advice for frontline healthcare providers caring for patients with COVID-19

Rosa Alikhani¹, Alireza Salimi², Ahmad Hormati^{3

4}, Reza Aminnejad^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Psychosis Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran.
³ Gastroenterology and Hepatology Disease Research Center, Qom University of Medical Science, Qom, Iran.
⁴ Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran. r.aminnejad@yahoo.com.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. r.aminnejad@yahoo.com.

Rosa Alikhani et al. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;67(8):1068-1069.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01650-3. Epub 2020 Apr 6.

Rosa Alikhani¹, Alireza Salimi², Ahmad Hormati^{3

4}, Reza Aminnejad^{5

6}

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Psychosis Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran.
³ Gastroenterology and Hepatology Disease Research Center, Qom University of Medical Science, Qom, Iran.
⁴ Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran. r.aminnejad@yahoo.com.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran. r.aminnejad@yahoo.com.

No abstract available

References

1. Wu F, Zhao S, Yu B, et al. A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China. Nature. 2020;579:265–269. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2008-3. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Wax RS, Christian MD. Practical recommendations for critical care and anesthesiology teams caring for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) patients. Can J Anesth. 2020 doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01591-x. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Lancet T. Physician burnout: the need to rehumanise health systems. Lancet. 2019 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32669-8. - DOI - PubMed
1. Kuhn CM, Flanagan EM. Self-care as a professional imperative: physician burnout, depression, and suicide. Can J Anesth. 2017;64:158–168. doi: 10.1007/s12630-016-0781-0. - DOI - PubMed