학술논문
Moral Injury and Telemental Health Services: An Overview on Clinician Impact
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Document Type
Report
Source
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services. November 2022, Vol. 60 Issue 11, p49, 6 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0279-3695
Abstract
Mental health clinicians (MHCs), including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, advanced practice nurses, and counselors working in mental health, have encountered new challenges as a result of the severe acute respiratory syndrome [...]
Moral injury develops from enduring complex moral conflicts that occur when one's beliefs and values are violated by committing, perpetrating, failing to prevent, or witnessing acts that transgress one's deep moral compass. In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and the extraordinary impact to patients and health care systems around the globe, telemental health has rapidly expanded as a means to optimize resource use and comply with social distancing mandates. Social determinants of health, which include financial inequity, have influences on pandemic situations, such as physical distancing and lockdowns, resulting in disproportionate delays in timely mental health diagnosis and management. The current article discusses an overview of how the demands of the pandemic have forced mental health clinicians working in telemental health to face a wide range of complex ethical and moral dilemmas. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 60(11), 49?54.]
Moral injury develops from enduring complex moral conflicts that occur when one's beliefs and values are violated by committing, perpetrating, failing to prevent, or witnessing acts that transgress one's deep moral compass. In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and the extraordinary impact to patients and health care systems around the globe, telemental health has rapidly expanded as a means to optimize resource use and comply with social distancing mandates. Social determinants of health, which include financial inequity, have influences on pandemic situations, such as physical distancing and lockdowns, resulting in disproportionate delays in timely mental health diagnosis and management. The current article discusses an overview of how the demands of the pandemic have forced mental health clinicians working in telemental health to face a wide range of complex ethical and moral dilemmas. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 60(11), 49?54.]