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. 2020 Jul;217(1):352-353.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.2020.86.

Coronavirus disease: challenges for psychiatry

Brendan D Kelly  1
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Coronavirus disease: challenges for psychiatry

Brendan D Kelly. Br J Psychiatry. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) presents two urgent health problems: the illness caused by the virus itself and the anxiety, panic and psychological problems associated with the pandemic. Both problems present substantial challenges for our patients, their families, our multidisciplinary teams and our psychiatrist colleagues. We need good psychiatry, now more than ever.

Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; emergency psychiatry; low- and middle-income countries; mental health service.

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ICMJE forms are in the supplementary material, available online at https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.86.

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