Psychotherapists’ vicarious traumatization during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Doorn, Katie Aafjes‐van; Békés, Vera; Prout, Tracy A.; Hoffman, Leon

doi:10.1037/tra0000868

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“…20 Another multicenter study of 339 psychotherapy HCWs in the United States found 77.6% of them had at least moderate vicarious trauma, with higher trauma scores in younger and early-career therapists. 86…”

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Mental health of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and evidence-based frameworks for mitigation: A rapid review

Major

Hlubocky

2021

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Background: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the mental health of health care workers (HCWs), and optimal strategies to provide psychological support for HCWs are not currently established. Aims: To rapidly review recently-published literature on the mental health of HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Query of all quantitative research through the PubMed database on the mental health of HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic which utilized validated mental health instruments. 723 articles were screened and 87 articles were included. Results: Nearly all included studies were cross-sectional, survey-based assessments of the prevalence of and risk factors for mental illness. Only one interventional study was identified. Prevalence of mental health outcomes varied widely: 7.0-97.3% anxiety, 10.6-62.1% depression, 2.2-93.8% stress, 3.8-56.6% post traumatic stress, 8.3-88.4% insomnia, and 21.8-46.3% burnout. Risk and protective factors were identified in personal and professional domains, including degree of COVID-19 exposure, adequacy of protective equipment, and perception of organizational support. Conclusions: The myriad risk factors for poor mental health among HCWs suggests that a comprehensive psychosocial support model with individual- and organization-level interventions is necessary. Further longitudinal research on specific evidence-based interventions to mitigate adverse mental health outcomes among HCWs is urgently needed as the pandemic continues.

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Mental health of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and evidence-based frameworks for mitigation: A rapid review

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Hlubocky

2021

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“…The present study demonstrated the impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers’ psychological well-being and pointed out the key role of defense mechanisms as protective factor against stress and burnout. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it is important to prevent and mitigate psychological distress among healthcare professionals [ 68 , 69 , 70 ]. While the global vaccine campaign has begun, the prevention and treatment of psychological distress for frontline workers has not been adequately addressed [ 71 ].…”

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Stress, Burnout, and Resilience among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Emergency: The Role of Defense Mechanisms

Giuseppe

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Prout

et al. 2021

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The experience of working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 healthcare crisis has presented a cumulative traumatic experience that affects healthcare professionals’ well-being. Psychological resources such as resilience and adaptive defense mechanisms are essential in protecting individuals from severe stress and burnout. During September 2020, 233 healthcare workers responded to an online survey to test the impact of demographic variables, COVID-19 exposure, and psychological resources in determining stress and burnout during the COVID-19 emergency. Frontline workers reported higher scores for stress, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization (p < 0.001) as compared to colleagues working in units not directly serving patients with COVID-19. Mature defensive functioning was associated with resilience and personal accomplishment (r = 0.320; p < 0.001), while neurotic and immature defenses were related to perceived stress and burnout. Stress and burnout were predicted by lower age, female gender, greater exposure to COVID-19, lower resilience, and immature defensive functioning among healthcare professionals (R2 = 463; p < 0.001). Working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to provoke greater stress and burnout. On the other hand, resilience and adaptive defense mechanisms predicted better adjustment. Future reaction plans should promote effective programs offering support for healthcare workers who provide direct care to patients with COVID-19.

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“…First, ME/CFS patients can be traumatized by the physical, psychological, and social impact of the acute emergency period [ 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 ]. Second, their friends, family, coworkers, and clinicians can be vicariously traumatized by what is happening [ 8 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 ]. Third, these significant others begin to queue up on a continuum that extends from suspicion to support in response to the ME/CFS patient’s observable, decreased participation in activities.…”

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Elements of Suffering in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Experience of Loss, Grief, Stigma, and Trauma in the Severely and Very Severely Affected

Fennell¹,

Dorr

George

2021

Healthcare

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People who are severely and very severely affected by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) experience profound suffering. This suffering comes from the myriad of losses these patients experience, the grief that comes from these losses, the ongoing stigma that is often experienced as a person with a poorly understood, controversial chronic illness, and the trauma that can result from how other people and the health care community respond to this illness. This review article examines the suffering of patients with ME/CFS through the lens of the Fennell Four-Phase Model of chronic illness. Using a systems approach, this phase framework illustrates the effects of suffering on the patient and can be utilized to help the clinician, patient, family, and caregivers understand and respond to the patient’s experiences. We highlight the constructs of severity, uncertainty, ambiguity, and chronicity and their role in the suffering endured by patients with ME/CFS. A composite case example is used to illustrate the lives of severely and very severely affected patients. Recommendations for health care providers treating patients with ME/CFS are given and underscore the importance of providers understanding the intense suffering that the severely and very severely affected patients experience.

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Psychotherapists’ vicarious traumatization during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cited by 75 publications

References 14 publications

Mental health of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and evidence-based frameworks for mitigation: A rapid review

Mental health of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and evidence-based frameworks for mitigation: A rapid review

Stress, Burnout, and Resilience among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Emergency: The Role of Defense Mechanisms

Elements of Suffering in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Experience of Loss, Grief, Stigma, and Trauma in the Severely and Very Severely Affected

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