In this segment with NPR’s Here and Now, Dr. Wendy Dean is interviewed by Amanda Peacher on the toll the COVID-19 crisis is taking on front line staff in hospitals.
Some psychiatrists are even manning a hotline to help their fellow healthcare workers. Listen in via the link below.
Tag: Moral Injury and Covid-19
Medical Economics: What COVID-19 Reveals About Physician Moral Injury
Clinicians wade into the breach of COVID-19 without sufficient protection, even as their pay is cut, their protests gagged, their employment threatened, and as they watch their colleagues and friends fall ill.
We mustn’t lose sight of how moral injury is in the fabric of this pandemic.
Boise State Public Radio: As COVID-19 Takes A Toll On Doctors’ Mental Health, Nevada Psychiatrists Offer An Ear
“It’s going to take weeks or months before people are really able to take a breath and start thinking about all they’ve seen, all they’ve experienced and to start processing it,” Dr. Wendy Dean says. “I firmly believe that the mental health surge is going to be significantly delayed from the viral surge.”
Ramifications: The Richmond Academy of Medicine Summer 2020 Newsletter
In this piece for the Richmond Academy of Medicine, Dr. Wendy Dean warns of a looming mental health crisis for the physicians on the front lines of COVID-19. Entitled COVID curve 1.5: a brewing crisis of clinician mental health, Dr. Dean addresses hero-worship and the stigma facing physicians for seeking support.
Annals of Emergency Medicine: Moral Injury: The Invisible Epidemic in COVID Health Care Workers
Dr. Wendy Dean co-authored this peer-reviewed paper with Dr. Breanne Jacobs and Dr. Rita Manfredi.
Medicine is mourning 3 of our own during the past few weeks, cut down not by the virus, as too many others were, but by their own hands in the midst of the crisis. They signal death by suicide and the arrival of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Curve 1.5—the surge of trauma, grief, and moral injury swelling during the pandemic response.
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The Daily Beast: Health Insurance Companies Thrive While the Pandemic Ravages America
While other corners of the health-care world struggled to care for patients, protect staff, and find scarce equipment, for-profit health insurance companies did just fine. Drs. Wendy Dean and Simon G. Talbot co-authored this article with Dr. Samuel Shem.
Crises often highlight both the best and the worst of humanity. Coronavirus is no exception. It has brought out the best in America’s health-care workforce. It also has deeply wounded the healthcare workers through moral injuries.
Christian Science Monitor: ‘You don’t feel alone’: How medical workers help each other cope
Health care providers face a rising mental and emotional toll amid the pandemic. Peer support programs can alleviate internal burdens and create a spirit of shared empathy.
Reset by VOX: Covid-19’s Emotional Toll on Healthcare Workers
The intense decisions clinicians have to make during the pandemic don’t just cause burnout. They cause moral injury. Hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset.
Featuring:
Jen Schwartz (@JenLSchwartz)
Wendy Dean (@wendydeanMD)
Listen on Apple Podcasts in the link below.
Psychology Today: The Healers are Hurting
For many of the nation’s physicians, doctoring has become an almost unrecognizable activity, and it started long before the COVID-19 crisis. Unfortunately, the doctors have no idea how to take care of themselves. Dr. Wendy Dean’s personal and professional stories are highlighted in this piece by Psychology Today’s Hara Marano.
ZDoggIndustries: The COVID-19 Mental Health Crisis
The recent suicides of healthcare workers on the front lines highlight a potential second disaster in the making. Psychiatrist Wendy Dean is an expert on Moral Injury and talks about real solutions.