Quarantine and Mental Health Challenges for Occupational Medicine: The Case Report of a Nurse Infected With SARS-CoV-2.
Workplace Health Saf
; 70(1): 43-49, 2022 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1626831
ABSTRACT
This case study draws attention to the psychosocial difficulties that emerged in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in relation to the remote management of subjects with psychiatric vulnerabilities following exposure to prolonged quarantine. The case involves a 56-year-old hospital nurse, followed by the Occupational Health Department of a major university hospital in central Italy for mood instability in the context of a cyclothymic temperament. She was quarantined for occupationally acquired COVID-19 and remained positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) via swab test for more than 2 months between March and May 2020. In this case study, we discuss the challenges presented by the risk of a prolonged quarantine in a psychologically vulnerable employee, the need for occupational medicine to provide adequate health surveillance of all health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the effectiveness of telepsychiatry, and the difficulties in formulating a proper treatment strategy.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Psychiatry
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Telemedicine
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COVID-19
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Occupational Medicine
Type of study:
Case report
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Workplace Health Saf
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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