Mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic: a study of medical residency training over the years.

Vitor Silva Mendonça Amanda Steil Aécio Flavio Teixeira de Gois

Published in: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)

The COVID-19 pandemic increased the risk of mental illnesses in some years of residency. Our study could not conclude the reasons why the incidence varies among levels of physician training. Final year medical residents have avoided seeing COVID-19 patients.

Keyphrases

mental health
healthcare
virtual reality
sars cov
emergency department
risk factors
medical students
mental illness