The psychological impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on healthcare workers and ways to adress it

The spread of COVID 19 across the globe is challenging the capacity of response of all healthcare systems. The uncertainty and the newness af this pandemic provoked a generalized wariness and stress among all categories of population, but mainly among healthcare professionals. Due to the lack of knowledge of the disease, the excessive amount of work, poor resources and depletion of personal protection equipment, the huge media pressure and many other difficulties, healthcare workers(HCW) are at high risk of developing many mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, burnout, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorders, all of which could have a negative long-term psychological impact. In this context, it is important to research and to have an real-time view on this topic, in order to find ways of improving the psycological distress HCW are facing.