Mental health support for healthcare workers

The discussions about mental health are increasing among healthcare workers on the front lines battling COVID-19.

MENTAL HEALTH.HEALTHCARE WORKERS NOWNAVIGATING THESE UNCHARTEDWATERS.BUT THERE IS HELP AVAILABLE!13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER AUSTINCARTER IS LIVE TONIGHT OUTSIDEMOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL.HE SPOKE WITH A LOCAL DOCTORABOUT JUST HOW STRESSFUL THISCRISIS HAS BEEN.A LOCAL PHYSICIAN TELLS ME E-RAND I- C-U DOCTORS ANDPHYSICIANS CAN BURN OUT QUICKLYEVEN WITHOUT THIS PANDEMICBECAUSE OF THE STRESSP ((SOT)) DR.STACI MCHALE, OBGYN PHYSICIAN"THE STRESS LEVEL FOR ALL OF USIN A HOSPITAL IS VERY HIGH"DOCTOR STACI MCHALE IS AN OBGYNPHYSICIAN - AND ROTATES THROUGHEMERGENCY ROOMS HERE IN THEVALLEY.SHE SAYS THOSE ON THE FRONTLINES OF THIS PANDEMIC - AREDEALING WITH A LOT.THE SHIFTS ARE ALREADY LONG -USUALLY 12 HOURS.AND OFTENTHE STRESS CANBEGIN THE SECOND THEY STARTWORKING.((SOT)) DR.STACI MCHALE, OBGYN PHYSICIAN"THEY COME IN AND THEIR COVIDPOSITIVE PATIENT IS UNSTABLETHE MINUTE THEY GET TO THEHOSPITAL, AND THAT THEY HAVE TOCALL FAMILIES THAT THEY'VENEVER TALKED TO BEFORE TO ASKTHEM AND MAKE SOME DIFFICULTDECISIONS" ADDING TO THE STRESS- DOCTOR MCHALE SAYS MANYHEALTHCARE WORKERS - ALSO HAVETO ISOLATE THEMSELVES FROMTHEIR OWN LOVED ONES TO LIMITPOSSIBLE EXPOSURE.STACI MCHALE, OBGYN PHYSICIAN"SOME ARE IN SEPARATE ROOMS OFTHEIR HOUSE, SOME ACTUALLY AWAYFROM THEIR FAMILIES IN HOTELS"AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OFHEALTHCARE WORKERS IS GETTINGYORK CITY - WHO AHD BEENTREATING CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS.SHE DIED BY SUICIDE.STACI MCHALE, OBGYN PHYSICIAN"IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO KNOWTHERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE FRONTLINES WHO HAVE PERISHED NOTJUST FROM COVID-19, BUT BECAUSEOF THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUESTHAT HAVE COME FROM IT" DR.BREEN'S FAMILY TELLS THE NEWYORK TIMES SHE HAD CONTRACTEDTHE VIRUS AS WELL..BUT HAD RECOVERED.THIS - ALL THE MORE REASONDOCTOR MCHALE - SAYS FRONTLINEWORKERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUTAVAILABLE MENTAL HEALTHSERVICES ARE OUT THERE((SOT)) DR.STACI MCHALE, OBGYN PHYSICIAN