Futurity June 25, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have negative consequences for the mental health of the people who get infected, the healthcare professionals caring for them, and the population as a whole, researchers report.
“It is known from the previous SARS epidemic in 2002-2003, also called the ‘bird flu,’ that mental health was affected among patients who survived the disease and among the healthcare professionals treating the patients,” says Michael Eriksen Benros, a professor in the immunology and microbiology department at the University of Copenhagen and the Mental Health Centre Copenhagen.
Benros is corresponding author of the new review of 43 scientific articles in Brain, Behavior and Immunity.
“Our recently published article systematically reviews current knowledge on symptoms among healthcare professionals and...
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