As mental health professionals in the Garden State continue to supply the bulk of their services over the phone and video chat, they're paying close attention to individuals on the front lines during this public health crisis, who've arguably seen the greatest amount of tragedy and heartbreak first hand since mid-March. While attempting to limit the pandemic's fatality count, healthcare professionals and first responders are also attempting to protect themselves and their families from the potential impacts of COVID-19. "We have so many people with post-traumatic stress disorder now as a result of this (pandemic), that we're going to be treating them for the rest of our careers," said Charity Truong, a clinical psychologist with Stress & Anxiety Services of New Jersey, located in East Brunswick. "The PTSD is so, so severe for doctors and nurses who are running out of beds and having to make constant life-and-death decisions, and losing patients in a way they never had before."