Özet:

The coronavirus (COVID-19), which spreads rapidly around the world and causes the death of approximately 2 million people, first appeared in Wuhan Province of China in late December 2019, causing respiratory tract infection and is a human-to-human contagious virus. COVID-19, which first spread to the borders of Asia and then to the whole of Europe, was accepted as a pandemic by WHO. These interventions during the pandemic process have very negative effects on individual and social mental health. Health workers, who are among the most important members of the society's fight against epidemic process, are among the occupational groups that are most exposed to these negative effects and are exposed to many physical and psychological threats. In the first study conducted on healthcare professionals in Wuhan, where the COVID-19 outbreak first appeared, 71.3% of the healthcare teams had subthreshold and mild, 22.4% moderate, 6.2% severe mental disorders were found to occur at the level. In order to protect healthcare workers from mental traumas in the COVID-19 pandemic Relaxation practices such as adequate sleep, yoga, meditation, stress relieving methods, listening to music and drawing will be beneficial.

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