Mental Health of Healthcare Professionals

Dear Colleagues,

Mental health is a critical aspect of overall well-being, especially for healthcare professionals who often work under high-pressure conditions. The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected mental health among healthcare providers, and this concern remains ongoing, although we are currently transitioning to the post-COVID period. Mental health challenges such as burnout, depression, anxiety and PTSD are prevalent among healthcare workers and can significantly impact their ability to provide quality care. We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on the mental health of healthcare professionals.

This Special Issue aims to explore recent research and developments in understanding and addressing the mental health needs of healthcare professionals. The scope of this Special Issue aligns with the journal’s focus on mental health and community health. We hope to collect contributions that provide effective interventions, coping strategies and systematic support mechanisms that not only enhance the mental health of healthcare workers, but also effectively reduce the mental health problems they face, reduce the adverse effects of burnout, stress and anxiety, and prevent the occurrence of mental health problems, as well as promote long-term mental resilience and well-being, helping them better cope with challenges and stress at work.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers;
• Impact of mental health issues on healthcare delivery and quality of care;
• Stress management;
• Strategies and interventions to mitigate risks and mental health problems.
• We welcome original research articles and reviews for this Special Issue. Submissions may include, but are not limited to, the following types of articles:
• Original research studies;
• Systematic, scoping, narrative and rapid reviews;
• Perspective papers.

We look forward to receiving your contributions and expanding the body of knowledge on this important topic.

Prof. Dr. Ioanna V. Papathanasiou
Prof. Dr. Maria Malliarou
Dr. Pavlos Sarafis
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• mental health
• healthcare professionals
• psychological distress
• resilience
• depression
• anxiety
• compassion fatigue
• quiet quitting
• burnout
• boreout
• professional quality of life