Effect of COVID-19 on Mental Health of Health Workers

Abstract

Healthcare personnel have been put in an unusual scenario from the effect of COVID-19 epidemic, which had increased their psychological and mental health anguish. Anxiety, sadness, and stress among healthcare workers have been the subject of several studies. Increased psychological stress has been shown to have negative consequences for a person's physical health. Psychological pressures may increase the present health problems of the healthcare workers having pre-existing co morbidities. Frontline COVID-19 healthcare personnel are being pushed to their breaking points, leading to suicidal ideation. Furthermore, the stress of a having heavy workload and burnout may present itself in very serious ways in family relationships and a desire to leave their occupations. Future study should focus on the aforementioned negative consequences in order to aid in the development of mental healthcare approaches to manage COVID's psychologic impact on healthcare workers in an outbreak. for care  and sustain the psychological well-being of healthcare workers, it is necessary to employ techniques and policies.     The COVID-19 has been shown to have a negative influence on the mental health of healthcare professionals  who work in disaster response. A large number of Health workers (PTSS) have been connected to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic stress symptoms. As risk and resilience factors, exposure level, job title, year of experience, social and work support, workplace organization, quarantine, ages, gender, marital status, and copying style were all found to be significant. These characteristics must be considered when developing effective intervention planning for HCWs facing with the current COVID-19 outbreak in order to improve their condition and limit the risk of unfavorable outcomes [1]. The objective of this article is to provide a brief review on the Effect of Covid-19 on mental health of health workers.