Online mental health services in China during the COVID-19 outbreak

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; The Third People's Hospital of Qinghai Province, Xining, China.
² Department of Psychiatry, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
³ Unit of Psychiatry, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China; Center for Cognition and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: zhang73bin@hotmail.com.

Shuai Liu et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;7(4):e17-e18.

doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30077-8. Epub 2020 Feb 19.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; The Third People's Hospital of Qinghai Province, Xining, China.
² Department of Psychiatry, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
³ Unit of Psychiatry, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China; Center for Cognition and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: zhang73bin@hotmail.com.

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