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Why Cope When You Can Heal?
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Why Cope When You Can Heal?

How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD

Harper Horizon, 2020 подробнее...


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9

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Healthcare workers risk their lives by exposing themselves to COVID-19, and the stress of their jobs renders them susceptible to PTSD, argue Diana Hendel and Mark Goulston. They say a cultural lack of trauma awareness, combined with “warlike” work conditions, prevents these brave workers from healing. In response, the authors offer a guidebook for healthcare workers starting their healing journeys, and for those leading during this crisis. 

Take-Aways

  • Healthcare workers fight COVID-19 in “warlike” conditions.
  • The horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic can generate PTSD.
  • History shows that pandemics psychologically damage healthcare professionals.

About the Authors

Psychiatrist and executive coach Dr. Mark Goulston also wrote PTSD for Dummies. Former CEO of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Dr. Diana Hendel also wrote Responsible: A Memoir.


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