Stress management techniques for healthcare workers as an important professional tool to fight (not only) COVID-19 pandemics

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemics places extreme demands on healthcare workers. Mental health support is supposed to be an indispensable part of complex care for workers for the sake of their adequate professional performance and prevention of psychological disturbances and psychiatric disorders.

The most common problems connected with hard work conditions are reviewed and specific techniques to deal with acute stress are presented.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• healthcare workers
• stress
• mental health
• psychiatric disorders
• mindfulness
• prevention