The Mental Strain of Being on the Front Line | Michigan Medicine
This Spring They Were Heroes, But Summer May be Cruel for Health Professionals
Health Lab · Michigan Medicine Department of Communication
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Show Notes
The mental health toll of caring for COVID-19 patients will need long-lasting attention, as it adds to already demanding professions. An outpouring of public support may have helped maintain the spirits and well-being of health care workers as they faced the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. But as the salutes fade into memory, and COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the United States, mental health experts are worried about the health care workers-turned-heroes who were so much in the spotlight a few months ago.
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