Psychological and Coping Responses of Health Care Workers Toward Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks: A Rapid Review and Practical Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic.

@article{Chew2020PsychologicalAC,  title={Psychological and Coping Responses of Health Care Workers Toward Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks: A Rapid Review and Practical Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic.},  author={Qian Hui Chew and Ker-Chiah Wei and Shawn Vasoo and Kang Sim},  journal={The Journal of clinical psychiatry},  year={2020},  volume={81 6},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:224825968}}
Psychological support for HCW in the current COVID-19 pandemic and future outbreaks should focus on both individual (eg, psychoeducation on possible psychological responses, self-care) and institutional ( eg, clear communication, providing access to resources for help, recognition of efforts of HCW) measures.

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