*Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health of Oncology Healthcare Workers and Interdisciplinary… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.110876*

for this reason developed better coping skills. Women can be assumed to be more emotional, and they have a more empathetic attitude toward patients and their families, which consequently leads to excessive self-responsibility for the life and health of patients [11]. Although in these difficult times, healthcare workers provide their services to the maximum, and they still need help and support from their superiors. Psychological treatment such as cognitive behavior therapy and mindfulness therapy could be helpful. In this specific time period passing under the sign of COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers should be provided with psychosocial and mental health support, especially the groups, where the risk is high. It is obvious that healthcare workers are willing to be welcomed, listened to, supported, and protected by their organizations. With the spread of SARS-Cov-2 virus and vaccination, we can clearly distinguish three additional responsibilities of pharmacists: vaccine administration allowance (and mostly preparation), issuing of certificate of vaccination, and prescribing allowance. Also, the pandemic accelerated the process of increasing interdisciplinary approach to the patient care which can be certainly viewed as an advantage. On the other hand, new challenges as well as an increase in the workload affect the mental health of healthcare workers. Pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare workers, and their role in the health sector is very significant. The role of pharmacists in hospital and community pharmacies is multiple: experts in drugs and medicines, healthcare providers and stakeholders, educators, counselors, mentors, managers, leaders, business developers, researchers, etc. [12]. Together with physicians and nurses, pharmacists were one of the professional categories most exposed to the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection since the pandemic onset. Together with this crisis, pharmaceutical care entered a new phase demonstrating the ability of pharmacists to be competent and accessible providers of public health. The inclusion of pharmacists in multidisciplinary teams, during this pandemic, has been very useful and important. Pharmacists gained new experiences and practices, which will certainly be of great use to them for some new challenges in the future. New situation leads to the rapid development of a multiprofessional approach in everyday work, development of certain narrowly specialized areas of professional and scientific work, and standardization of all procedures in the treatment process. This is exactly the foundation of quality-designed pharmacy, medical, and nursing care. It is essential that the support on mental health is fast, to avoid the severe disorders which can lead to dysfunctions, sufferings, and in the extreme cases, when not recognized and treated early enough cause even death. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers have been separated in many different aspects which are very challenging for the society to comprehend. Healthcare corporations should take into account protection and care for employees who experienceCOVID-19 traumas.

*Post COVID-19 - Effects on Human Health*
