id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-027759-5mz0qlwq Zhou, Anli Yue Mental health and the medical profession during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-06-01 .txt text/plain 720 44 45 The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic threatens to overwhelm well-established healthcare systems, and medical professionals have to work under extreme pressures and uncertainty [1, 2] . Front-line staff such as doctors involved in diagnosis, treatment and care are particularly vulnerable to negative mental health outcomes [4] . Healthcare organizations are recognizing how mental health problems can impact on the quality of healthcare [1, 9] and there have been suggestions to provide ongoing remote psychological support for front-line staff [9, 10] . The multidisciplinary nature of in-house occupational health departments can be a source of psychological support for distressed medical staff alongside other services that may be available to front-line staff such as the recently implemented mental health hotline [12] . Due to the overwhelming impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, single and simple solutions are very unlikely to mitigate the negative mental health outcomes of COVID-19 on medical professionals. Mental health care for medical staff in China during the COVID-19 outbreak ./cache/cord-027759-5mz0qlwq.txt ./txt/cord-027759-5mz0qlwq.txt