Mental health at the age of coronavirus: time for change

Affiliations

¹ International School Franca and Franco Basaglia "The Practice of Freedom" and Former Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre, DSM, Trieste, Italy. romezzin@gmail.com.
² Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
³ Institute of Mental Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
⁴ Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Division of Psychiatry, University College and Camden and Islington Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁶ School of Medical Sciences, University NOVA of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

Editorial

Roberto Mezzina et al. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;55(8):965-968.

doi: 10.1007/s00127-020-01886-w. Epub 2020 May 29.

¹ International School Franca and Franco Basaglia "The Practice of Freedom" and Former Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre, DSM, Trieste, Italy. romezzin@gmail.com.
² Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
³ Institute of Mental Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
⁴ Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Division of Psychiatry, University College and Camden and Islington Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁶ School of Medical Sciences, University NOVA of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

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COVID-19 epidemic and public mental health care in Italy: ethical considerations.
Pelizza L, Pupo S. Pelizza L, et al. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2020 Aug;55(8):1093-1094. doi: 10.1007/s00127-020-01907-8. Epub 2020 Jul 4. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2020. PMID: 32623481 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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