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. 2020 Jun:51:102147.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102147. Epub 2020 May 5.

Why all COVID-19 hospitals should have mental health professionals: The importance of mental health in a worldwide crisis!

Sandeep Grover  1 , Devakshi Dua  2 , Swapnajeet Sahoo  2 , Aseem Mehra  2 , Ritu Nehra  2 , Subho Chakrabarti  2
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Why all COVID-19 hospitals should have mental health professionals: The importance of mental health in a worldwide crisis!

Sandeep Grover et al. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide crisis. At present, everyone is focusing on the prevention of COVID-19 infection, preparing and discussing issues related to physical health consequences. However, it is important to understand that the life-threatening negative physical health consequences are going to be faced by a few, but everyone is going to face the negative mental health consequences of the pandemic. At various places COVID-19 hospitals are being established, to address the physical health consequences of the pandemic. However, mental health professionals have not been very actively involved in the management of people going through this pandemic. This viewpoint discusses the mental health consequences of the pandemic for the health care workers, people who are undergoing quarantine, people who are admitted to the COVID-19 hospitals, and those who have recovered from the infection. The article also highlights the mental health needs of people at different levels and the kind of interventions, which may be carried out.

Keywords: COVID-19; Interventions; Mental health; Pandemic.

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