Physicians and the psychological trauma of COVID-19

<p>"As COVID-19 devastates America and the world, I hope that fundamental change to our health care system results from its horrific exposé. Without COVID-19, the pressures placed on physicians are already immense. In the age of COVID-19, these pressures are proving to be insurmountable. Being a physician is difficult, but it does not have to be deadly. Physicians deserve proper stigma- and repercussion-free mental health care as much as they deserve proper personal protective equipment. By definition, a hero is the offspring of a god and a mortal; if we physicians are to be known as heroes, we deserve to have our human mental health care needs met.​"</p> <p>Sarah Bridge is an emergency medicine resident.</p> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "Physicians and the psychological trauma of COVID-19." (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/05/physicians-and-the-psychological-trauma-of-covid-19.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/05/physicians-and-the-psychological-trauma-of-covid-19.html</a>)</p>