Hospitals brace for mental-health crisis among doctors and nurses

Hospitals brace for mental-health crisis among doctors and nurses

Given the likelihood that communities across the U.S. will continue to see spikes in cases, the need for mental-health care is even more urgent, says Alison Holman, an associate professor at the University of California, Irvine, specializing in trauma research. Ms. Holman’s research has found that “anticipatory anxiety” can be profoundly difficult for people to deal with—and can make trauma worse once a difficult event does occur.