MENTALNO ZDRAVLJE ZDRAVSTVENIH RADNIKA TOKOM PANDEMIJE COVID 19 I PERSPEKTIVE PRAVNE ZAŠTITE

The COVID-19 pandemic has foregrounded the issue of occupational safety and health. The focus is still on the protection of physical integrity and health, but increasing attention is being paid to the mental health of employees, because occupational stress, burnout syndrome, depression and anxiety have become more frequent. Recent studies have acknowledged these issues; however, they have been significantly intensified with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper investigates the mental health problems of healthcare workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a comprehensive view of this issue, the starting point for the mental health protection of these workers is the improvement of legal regulations on occupational safety in terms of recognizing new circumstances. Legal regulations enable the state, employers and employees to take occupational safety measures in order to preserve the mental health of healthcare workers.Bezbednost i zdravlje zaposlenih na radu u aktuelnim uslovima predstavlja veliki izazov za poslodavce, zaposlene i državu. U teoriji i praksi sve veću pažnju privlači pitanje mentalnog zdravlja zaposlenih, jer su sve prisutniji problemi stresa na radu, burn out sindroma, depresija, ankcioznosti, upotrebe nedozvoljenih supstanci, itd. Prema brojnim istraživanjima, uočava se da su se ovi problemi intenzivirali nastupanjem pandemije virusa Covid 19. Kako najveći teret pandemije snose zdravstveni radnici, to se opravdano postavlja pitanje zaštite, ne samo fizičkog, nego i njihovog mentalnog zdravlja. Ovaj rad se bavi istraživanjem problema mentalnog zdravlja zaposlenih, uz naročit osvrt na uticaj pandemije na mentalno zdravlje zdravstvenih radnika. Jedan od osnovnih načina njihove zaštite jeste temeljno sagledavanje, procena rizika i pravno uređenje zaštite zaposlenih na radu. Pravna regulativa pruža manevarski prostor za preduzimanje mera zaštite na radu u cilju očuvanja mentalnog zdravlja zaposlenih