The potential impact of COVID-19 on mental health outcomes and the implications for service solutions

The evidence suggests that an increase in the prevalence of mental health conditions is likely during, and immediately after, the COVID-19 outbreak. However, amongst the general population, this increase subsided after quarantine measures are lifted. Healthcare workers are at greater risk of adverse mental health outcomes, particularly those who are frontline staff, who are in " high risk " units or have been re-deployed to " high risk units " from other departments.

Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news