APA President Describes Trauma Being Experienced By Healthcare Workers On Frontline Against Coronavirus

NPR (4/23, Noguchi) reports Dr. Bruce Schwartz, president of the APA, says Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx where he works is “in the center of the epidemic.” Dr. Schwartz describes an overworked hospital staff who have endured weeks of people dying from coronavirus, “It is really a very horrendous experience that no one could possibly be prepared for.” Dr. Schwartz “says hospitals like his are offering teletherapy for their own staff” and the need will likely grow.

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— “Trauma On The Pandemic’s Front Line Leaves Health Workers Reeling, “Yuki Noguchi, NPR, April 23, 2020

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