Mental health crisis of Japanese health care workers under COVID-19.
Miyuki Makino, Ayako Kanie, Aiichiro Nakajima, Yoshitake Takebayashi
Abstract
During the COVID-19 outbreak, the mental health of health care workers has become a major public health concern. Particularly in Japan, women health care workers are experiencing a mental health crisis because of gender imbalance. In addition to honoring health care workers as heroes, we must promote efforts to compensate health care workers, strengthen infection prevention, and promote mental health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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PsycINFOMental healthHealth carePublic healthCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Mental health careHealth policyOccupational safety and healthInternational healthMedicineEnvironmental healthMEDLINENursingPsychiatryPolitical scienceLawInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePathologyWorkplace Health and Well-beingCOVID-19 and Mental HealthHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout