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Comment
. 2023 Apr;10(4):245.
doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00062-7.

COVID-19 and the mental health of health-care workers

Danielle Lamb  1 , Sharon A M Stevelink  2 , Hannah R Scott  2 , Neil Greenberg  2 , Simon Wessely  2
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COVID-19 and the mental health of health-care workers

Danielle Lamb et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2023 Apr.
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Conflict of interest statement

DL is supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North Thames. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. SAMS is supported by the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and an NIHR Advanced Fellowship. NG has been an unpaid member of two NHS England expert advisory groups; and owns the company March on Stress, which is a psychological health consultancy providing mental health training to a wide range of organisations including the NHS. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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