Stress, emotional responses, risk factors, psychopathology and management of healthcare workers during (COVID-19) pandemic

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The new SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus, causing COVID-19 pandemic, affects healthcare workers, who suffer a high emotional impact, facing complex and stressful situations, challenging their emotional regulation mechanisms and their ability to cope with daily life stress, to keep an optimal state of mental health. OBJECTIVE: To describe the expected emotional reactions to COVID-19, the protective and risk factors, the psychiatric pathology related to the pandemic and the different treatment interventions that can be carried out to support the possible emotional reactions that can emerge during the crisis. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 pandemic is a risk for mental disturbances of healthcare workers that must be evaluated and treated as soon as possible.