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. 2020 Aug;16(8):425-426.
doi: 10.1038/s41581-020-0314-5.

Mental health of health-care workers in the COVID-19 era

Neil Greenberg  1
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Mental health of health-care workers in the COVID-19 era

Neil Greenberg. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Health-care workers involved in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic are often required to work in highly challenging conditions and may therefore be at increased risk of experiencing mental health problems. This Comment sets out a practical approach to protecting the mental health of health-care workers based on contemporary evidence.

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Conflict of interest statement

N.G. runs a psychological health consultancy called March on Stress Ltd.

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