Hospitals Brace for Mental-Health Crisis Among Doctors and Nurses

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Hospitals Brace for Mental-Health Crisis Among Doctors and Nurses
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Surveys of health-care workers in China earlier this year found high rates of symptoms of depression and anxiety, with nurses reporting more severe symptoms than physicians

Even as they battle a virus that has claimed more than 90,000 lives in the U.S., hospitals are scrambling to address another onslaught: a mental-health crisis in their ranks.

As the Covid-19 pandemic grinds on into its third month, many doctors and nurses on the front lines say they are physically and emotionally drained. The psychological burdens are felt across the spectrum of hospital staff, from specialists being rerouted to Covid-19 care, to emergency-medicine workers dealing with low stocks of protective gear and the...

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