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Hospitals develop guidelines to help staff deal with stress, PTSD amid coronavirus

from Global News

Hospitals develop guidelines to help staff deal with stress, PTSD amid coronavirus Global News Health-care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic are at risk of severe stress that could cause long-term psychological damage, the Centre of Excellence on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder says. The centre at the Royal Ottawa Hospital has teamed up with the Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health to develop a guide for facilities including hospitals and peer-support organizations in an effort to reduce the impact on those susceptible to so-called moral injury, a type of PTSD. READ MORE

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