Individual psychotherapy using psychological first aid for frontline nurses at high risk of psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - Journal ArticleThis article explores that mental health during the pandemic for all hospital staff, we initiated a mental health-care system for ward nurses caring for inpatients with COVID-19 in our hospital, as COVID19 patients were treated in the ward from 8 April 2020. The system was designed to detect individuals at high risk of mental health problems and to provide brief psychotherapy for them. Longitudinal assessments of psychological distress were obtained at Time 1. This mental health-care system on psychological distress, sleep disturbance, and appetite change among medical staff at high risk of mental health problems during the pandemic. The current preliminary results are expected to contribute to designing and conducting such future large-scale studies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
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- Volume: 75
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 25-27
- Date: 2021
- Series title:
- DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13170
- ISSN: 1323-1316