Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On

Date of Review: September, 2020

Abbasi J. Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On. JAMA. 2020. 323(22):2235-2236.

Interview with Dr. Eileen Barrett who was the Deputy Chief of Medicine at the Indian Health Service’s Gallup Indian Medical Center in New Mexico. Dr. Barrett discusses the stressors experienced by health care professionals working during the pandemic. She also provides some ideas about ways in which healthcare workers can help lower the stress they are feeling.