Iran Medical Council Journal of Iranian Medical Council 2645-338X 4 4 2021 10 01 Virtual Short-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Health Care Providers During COVID-19 Outbreak in Iran 338 341 143979 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jimc.v4i4.8482 EN Homa Mohammadsadeghi Mental Health Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Seyed Vahid Shariat Mental Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute (PHRI), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Behnam Shariati Mental Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute (PHRI), Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-2033-2542 Mehrdad Eftekhar Ardebili Mental Health Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Somayyeh Tat Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2021 07 26 At early stages of COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, it became clear that due to first reports of significant mortality rate of patients (1), the whole society and especially health care system workers were facing an unprecedented situation in modern medicine era caused by a contagion. <br />With regard to medical job settings, along with physical burdens, conditions made by new environmental threats during the pandemic can increase the perceived and felt stress by health care workers at a rate and intensity possibly higher than for other job settings (2).<br />Common examples are fear of contracting the disease or death (For the individual or close relatives), feeling of loneliness in quarantine and discomfort arisen from uncertainty of adopting appropriate treatment and caring procedures (in case of responsibility for COVID-19 patients).  https://www.jimc.ir/article_143979_e12cbb99367a30be928924800f68408b.pdf