Doctors, nurses and others are carrying a heavy burden for a nation that isn't doing enough to help them.
Matters have gotten worse half a year into a pandemic, Terry said, but the underlying reasons that health care workers suffer from mental health problems have persisted for a long time.
“This is one of those things that you don’t avoid by leaving work. It’s everywhere,” said Casaletto, who is president-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians. “It’s hard to limit your engagement even though you know you need to.” Her husband, Jacob Debelak, is also a hospital-based physician and both treat COVID-19 patients.
The stress that can lead to mental health problems affects more than doctors and nurses. Trece Andrews works in the laundry at a nursing home in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. She said her employer was “very dishonest” in the early weeks of the pandemic, telling workers that no residents would be stricken with COVID-19. The employer was wrong. Residents fell ill, and then so did employees, Andrews said.
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