Healthcare Professionals, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and COVID-19: A Review of the Literature

The recent COVID-19 pandemic impacted healthcare professionals psychologically. They were unprepared to handle such a powerful and unknown virus. Consequently, they had to face situations of extreme distress, developing vicarious traumatization and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The first on...

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Main Authors: Valeria Saladino, Vincenzo Auriemma, Valeria Campinoti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.795221/full