Healthcare Workers' Mental Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic Part 1

In this episode Andy interviews Christine Isaac, LCSW, LCADC (Community Liaison with Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health) and Nicole Orro, LPC, LCADC (Site Director of Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health – Hamilton).  Since the start of the pandemic, Christine and Nicole have been volunteering to meet with frontline healthcare workers at multiple hospitals within the Penn system for ongoing counseling sessions.  They discuss what they have learned about what affect the coronavirus pandemic has had on healthcare workers’ mental health.   3:00 – A discussion of frontline healthcare workers’ experience during covid pandemic   4:45 – The effects of not having a break from the coronavirus pandemic   7:30 – Healthcare workers’ experience of living through the same trauma as their patients   14:00 – How the Covid crisis has affected the mental health of healthcare workers   18:58 – How the pandemic crept into every aspect of wellness for healthcare workers   For more information on Penn Medicine – Princeton House Behavioral Health: Princeton House Behavioral Health (princetonhcs.org)   Follow us on Facebook! facebook.com/princetonhousebh