Health care workers are facing a severe mental health crisis, according to a new survey published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Workers said they are experiencing harassment, burnout, and other mental health symptoms – including anxiety and depression – at levels higher than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Health workers and health-related professions have historically faced long work hours, often with unpredictable or rotating schedules or like what I experienced as an emergency physician working overnights and on holidays,” Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC’s chief medical officer, said during a press conference about the report Tuesday afternoon.

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    1 year ago

    This is not wrong, but from the European perspective… Public healthcare is not better when it comes to work conditions.