Amira Athanasios is a physician.

Who should be the first responders to mental health crises?

Policy
July 2, 2020

First and foremost, a mental health crisis is a medical emergency well within the sector of public health. Therefore, the question of who should respond to mental health emergencies is one in which physicians and all medical providers should have a say. Medical providers should not only be aware of the systems in place to respond to mental health crisis but must advocate for patient safety as a measurable outcome …

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Who should be the first responders to mental health crises?

COVID-19 and the toll on health care workers’ mental health

Conditions
April 1, 2020

It is well known that physicians are more likely to screen positive for depression and have higher rates of suicide than their counterparts in the general population. But how is this fact exacerbated by the global pandemic of fear, anxiety, and mounting death tolls known as COVID-19?

For starters, health care workers are at the front lines of the emerging disaster, having to set aside their own …

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COVID-19 and the toll on health care workers’ mental health