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Global Pandemic Exacting Mental Toll On Frontline Healthcare Workers

UK HealthCare

May is National Mental Health Awareness month and we've heard a lot about the physical toll the Coronavirus Pandemic is taking on patients and healthcare professionals.  In fact, you may have heard about a recent suicideof a physician in New York state who is on the frontline of the pandemic.  This week Dr. Greg talks with Terry Gevedon, medical director of outpatient psychiatry at the University of Kentucky about the enormous psychological stresses that are being placed on healthcare workers and other frontline professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Greg Davis is a forensic pathologist with UK HealthCare. Every week, Davis speaks with local health providers, professionals, and researchers on Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.
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