Ensuring mental health access for vulnerable populations in COVID era

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Electronic address: legede@mcw.edu.
² College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. Electronic address: ruggierk@musc.edu.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, USA. Electronic address: frueh@hawaii.edu.

Leonard E Egede et al. J Psychiatr Res. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct:129:147-148.

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.07.011. Epub 2020 Jul 15.

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Electronic address: legede@mcw.edu.
² College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. Electronic address: ruggierk@musc.edu.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, USA. Electronic address: frueh@hawaii.edu.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Mental health access; Vulnerable populations.

Conflict of interest statement

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