Background

• The COVID-19 pandemic put an extreme burden on frontline healthcare workers: recent data suggests that nearly half of them are at risk of developing clinically significant psychiatric symptoms
• It is unclear how mood, anxiety, and trauma symptoms develop over time and why some individuals are affected, while others exposed to the same stressors and traumas are spared
• Most studies and monitoring tools rely solely on self-reported assessments of mood, anxiety, and trauma, and are noisy and subjective
• Identifying modifiable risk factors could help support healthcare workers and other at-risk populations and design effective interventions
• Unmet Need: Tools for healthcare workers and other people at risk for adverse psychiatric outcomes to monitor their mental health and access convenient treatment