Frontline health workers were left feeling suicidal by the stress of the pandemic, a new study has revealed.
Researchers have found that Dublin hospital staff reported “high levels of post-traumatic stress, low mood, depression, suicidal thinking, moral injury and psychological distress”. Around 377 healthcare staff across the capital answered a series of mental health questions during the third wave of the killer virus in early 2021 and it revealed nearly half of them suffered PTSD.
The study states: “As much as 45% of respondents reported moderate or severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. “Some 52% reported low mood; 13% reported thinking of ending their life over the previous week; and 5% reported planning to end their life.” Doctors, nurses and radiographers from.
