The Impact of Covid-19 on the Mental Health of Health Care Providers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Corey Feist
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
The Impact

Organisational impact of the National Disability Insurance Scheme transition on mental health care providers: the experience in the Australian Capital Territory

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 590-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Anne Furst ◽  
Jose A Salinas-Perez ◽  
Luis Salvador-Carulla
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
Insurance Scheme ◽  
Mental Health Care Providers ◽  
The Impact

Objectives: Concerns raised about the appropriateness of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia for people with mental illness have not been given full weight due to a perceived lack of available evidence. In the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), one of the pilot sites of the Scheme, mental health care providers across all relevant sectors who were interviewed for a local Atlas of Mental Health Care described the impact of the scheme on their service provision. Methods: All mental health care providers from every sector in the ACT were contacted. The participation rate was 92%. We used the Description and Evaluation of Services and Directories for Long Term Care to assess all service provision at the local level. Results: Around one-third of services interviewed lacked funding stability for longer than 12 months. Nine of the 12 services who commented on the impact of the NDIS expressed deep concern over problems in planning and other issues. Conclusions: The transition to NDIS has had a major impact on ACT service providers. The ACT was a best-case scenario as it was one of the NDIS pilot sites.

scholarly journals “The Relative Impact of Barriers to Care Among Military Health Services Personnel: Exploring Differences Using Context Specific Scenarios”

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Born ◽  
Christine Frank
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Military Health ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Military health care providers often under access both physical and mental health care, yet research has predominantly focused on barriers to mental health care. This study explored a comprehensive set of barriers using hypothetical scenarios to quantify barrier impact on access to both mental and physical health care. Methods: Canadian military health services personnel (N = 1033) completed one of two electronic surveys (assessing either physical health or other mental health barriers) that captured participant’s demographics, health, endorsement of barriers, intent to seek care, and whether the respondent would access care in different health scenarios (pneumonia, back injury, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder). Logistic regression was used to calculate odds of not accessing care (versus accessing care) for each of the four health scenarios.Results: All barrier factors independently predicted increased odds of not accessing care for all four scenarios. When entered into an adjusted model none of the barrier factors significantly predicted accessing care in the physical health scenarios. Staffing and workload resources and Intention to self-treat were significant predictors of accessing care in the mental health scenarios. Weak general intentions to access care was the strongest predictors of not accessing care across all four scenarios.Conclusions: The impact of barriers on simulated accessing care behaviour differs depending on the context for which one is accessing care, with access to resources and intent to self-treat driving mental health care seeking. Intent appears to be the most impactful predictor of accessing care potentially mediating the effect of other barrier types on care seeking.

The impact of COVID-19 on patients with cancer: A qualitative study.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18559-e18559
Author(s):  
Dhanya Kumar ◽  
Sana Khateeb ◽  
Manali I. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Infection Risk ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
The Impact

e18559 Background: The SARS‐CoV‐2/COVID‐19 pandemic greatly impacted the health of many patients with cancer. We conducted in-depth interviews with patients across the United States to better understand the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on their cancer care, emotional and mental health, and to solicit suggestions for how health care providers could mitigate these concerns. Methods: We contacted respondents from the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer parent study. The parent study used a snowball sampling approach to survey patients nationally regarding cancer delays between April 2020 and October 2020. We invited all respondents who volunteered for future studies to participate in a 40-minute interview regarding their experiences and suggestions for how health care providers could mitigate COVID19-related concerns. Interviews were conducted between August 2020 and October 2020, recorded, transcribed and analyzed using qualitative thematic content analysis. Results: A total of 34 participants were contacted and consented to participate in this study. Four overarching themes were identified: (1) significant concern regarding infection risk; (2) concerns regarding care changes, such as delays, worsening cancer outcomes; (3) concern regarding loss of employment, health insurance, and transportation on cancer treatment, affordability, and prognosis; and (4) worsening emotional and mental health due to social isolation. Suggestions for the clinical team included: 1) specific and direct guidance from health care providers on how to mitigate infection risk; 2) screening for and access to mental health services; 3) continuation of cancer treatment, surveillance, and clinical trials without delays and 4) allowing caregivers to attend appointments. Conclusions: In this national qualitative study of patients with cancer, participants identified that COVID-19 and modifications to their cancer care worsened their emotional and mental health with growing concerns about the impact of the virus and socioeconomic status on their cancer outcomes. Specific suggestions for health care providers, such as anticipatory guidance, access to mental health services, and expanded visitation should be considered to improve patient experiences with care during the pandemic.

Stakeholders’ perspectives about the impact of training and sensitization of traditional and spiritual healers on mental health and illness: A qualitative evaluation in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 476-484
Author(s):  
Peter Badimak Yaro ◽  
Emmanuel Asampong ◽  
Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong ◽  
Sunday Atua Anaba ◽  
Sandow Stanislaus Azuure ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Mental Health And Illness ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Mental Health Care Providers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Spiritual Healers

Background: Prayer camps and traditional healers have emerged recently as alternative sources of mental health care in Ghana. To increase their knowledge and collaboration between formal and informal mental health care providers, training and sensitization was organized for them. Aims: This study aimed at assessing beneficiaries’ views about the impact of this intervention. Methods: We adopted narrative approach to qualitative enquiry using purposive sampling strategy to recruit formal and informal mental health care providers in Ghana for an in-depth interview. We analyzed the data thematically using QSR NVivo 12. Results: Participants enhanced their knowledge about mental health and illness. They reported increased collaboration between formal and informal health care providers. Community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) give injections to patients instead of chaining and using shackles as was initially practiced. There are also regular visits by CPNs to traditional and spiritual healers to discuss the care of the mentally ill patients in their facilities. Conclusion: There has been an increased collaboration among healers of mental illness resulting in quick recovery of patients who seek care at traditional and spiritual healers. There is also abolition of chaining and using of shackles by these healers, with increasing respect for the human rights of patients.

A Review into E-Health Services and Therapies

2013 ◽  
pp. 267-279
Author(s):  
Alice Good ◽  
Arunasalam Sambhanthan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Patient Records ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Health It ◽  
The Impact

E-health has expanded hugely over the last fifteen years and continues to evolve, providing greater benefits for patients, health care professionals, and providers alike. The technologies that support these systems have become increasingly more sophisticated and have progressed significantly from standard databases, used for patient records, to highly advanced Virtual Reality (VR) systems for the treatment of complex mental health illnesses. The scope of this chapter is to initially explore e-health, particularly in relation to technologies supporting the treatment and management of wellbeing in mental health. It then provides a case study of how technology in e-health can lend itself to an application that could support and maintain the wellbeing of people with a severe mental illness. The case study uses Borderline Personality Disorder as an example, but could be applicable in many other areas, including depression, anxiety, addiction, and PTSD. This type of application demonstrates how e-health can empower the individuals using it but also potentially reduce the impact upon health care providers and services.

scholarly journals Post-traumatic symptoms in the staff of a mental health inpatient unit after the suicide of a patient: a case report in Chile

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Andrés Figueroa Cabello ◽  
Tomás León ◽  
Richard Sorensen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Ward ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND: Multiple studies have shown that the suicide of a patient can produce posttraumatic and depressive symptoms among the mental health care providers, who typically have high levels of baseline burnout. OBJECTIVES: To measure posttraumatic, depressive and burnout symptoms in the staff of an inpatient psychiatric unit after the suicide of a patient. METHODS: Two months after the suicide all the employees were invited to answer, anonymously, the Posttraumatic Check-List (PCL), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), for measuring posttraumatic, depressive, and burnout symptoms, respectively. RESULTS: Over 80% of the staff participated. A total of 17.1% had probable PTSD, 19.5% probable major depression, 24.4% and 14.6% high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, respectively, and 24.4% low levels of professional accomplishment. The group consisting of nurses, paramedic technicians, and nursing assistants ("nursing staff") had PTSD significantly greater than other workers (p < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Suicide in a psychiatric ward can produce posttraumatic and depressive symptoms among the staff, as high as another kind of traumas. The impact may be greater on the nursing staff. It is essential that organizations involved in the provision or teaching of mental health care incorporate this reality into their agenda, to prevent, mitigate and respond better to this phenomenon.

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