The mental health of medical workers in Wuhan, China dealing with the 2019 novel coronavirus

By Lijun Kang, Yi Li, Shao-hua Hu, Min Chen, Can Yang, B. Yang, Ying Wang, Jianbo Hu, Jianbo Lai, Xiancang Ma and 5 more. Lancet psychiatry, 2020

1,699 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/7dcc586819d2aedb837f235ed83f32d06ab5db1e

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Clinical Psychology

Citations in the corpus

COVID-19 and mental health: A review of the existing literature (2020, background): “(2020b) pointed out that mental health professionals may need to work especially closely with those working in critical care units, to minimize stress levels and reduce the risk of depression, while Kang et al.”
COVID-19-Related Mental Health Effects in the Workplace: A Narrative Review (2020, background): “As a result, there is an increased risk of burnout, psychological distress, emotional exhaustion, anxiety and depressive symptoms [16,26,32].”
Mental Health and Psychosocial Problems of Medical Health Workers during the COVID-19 Epidemic in China (2020, background): “Despite messages mentioning that medical health workers' mental health should be emphasized during the campaign against COVID-19 [10] [11] [12] , no research on mental health problems in medical health workers after the maximum point of the COVID-19 epidemic in China has been reported.”
How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, background): “Many countries have dedicated teams (comprising managers and volunteers) to provide mental health support for health-care workers 6,73,107 and psychiatric liaison services.”
Prevalence and predictors of PTSS during COVID-19 outbreak in China hardest-hit areas: Gender differences matter (2020, background): “Although the psychosocial impact will cause a huge impediment to COVID-19 control in these regions, there are barely reports focusing on it so far, except that the local government of Wuhan has implemented policies to address these mental health problems for medical works (Kang et al., 2020) .”
Mental health problems and social media exposure during COVID-19 outbreak (2020, background): “%) during COVID-19 outbroke in Wuhan, China.”
Mental health problems faced by healthcare workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic–A review (2020, background): “Those with subthreshold and mild disturbances preferred to obtain such services from media sources, while staff with heavier burdens wanted to seek services directly from professionals (Kang et al., 2020).”
Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of psychological health problems in Chinese adolescents during the outbreak of COVID-19 (2020, background): “The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused mental health problems among the public and health care workers in China [4, 5].”
Frontline nurses’ burnout, anxiety, depression, and fear statuses and their associated factors during the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China: A large-scale cross-sectional study (2020, background): “As the numbers of infection and mortality cases surge, the COVID-19 outbreak in China has caused public panic and distress [7].”