key: cord-0965258-i8yrdu2a
authors: Rana, Waleed; Mukhtar, Shamim; Mukhtar, Sonia; Mohiuddin, Ghulam; Ehmad, Ali
title: Psychological health of aging mental healthcare social workforce amidst coronavirus disease‐2019 pandemic
date: 2020-11-23
journal: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
DOI: 10.1002/gps.5456
sha: 61b038af87db983647a8a79e0569edd780e498af
doc_id: 965258
cord_uid: i8yrdu2a

COVID-19 has unprecedented impact on aging healthcare system and aging healthcare providers. Aging healthcare social workers have taken a toll in terms of mental health impact. Geriatric mental healthcare social workforce working for the functioning and wellbeing of community are active in provision of psychological services to diverse population. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Can aging mental healthcare workforce cultivate resilience, foster coping mechanisms, and practice mindfulness?

The potential for resilience is not a unique trait that whether one possess or not or an outcome in the absence of posttraumatic stress.

The capacity for resilience is a process of an adaptation. Coping mechanism is not the product of personality trait; it is rather a learned pattern of behavior which one develops over the period of time. Mindfulness is the psychological process of purposely bringing one's attention in the present moment which one develops with practice. These three constructs have one aspect common: a process.

These all are processes and they can be acquired with practice.

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