Symptom characteristics of health care workers seeking outpatient psychiatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Though there is a growing body of research establishing a broad negative psychological impact of COVID-19 among healthcare workers (HCWs), there are comparably fewer studies evaluating symptom presentation and clinical diagnoses among treatment-seeking HCWs. The present report seeks to fill this gap in the literature by establishing the prevalence of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, alcohol misuse, and well-being among treatment-seeking HCWs.

Method

Data were collected from 421 treatment-seeking HCWs in an outpatient hospital-based mental health setting. Both self-report measures and semi-structured interviews were utilized to assess symptom severity and render psychiatric diagnosis at intake.

Results

Adjustment disorders were the most prevalent

SUBMITTER: Doukas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10636598 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature