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. 2021 Jul-Dec;12(2):144-147.
doi: 10.5958/2394-2061.2021.00019.7. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

Mental health professionals as 'silent frontline healthcare workers': perspectives from three South Asian countries

Sheikh Shoib  1 , Anoop Krishna Gupta  2 , Waleed Ahmad  3 , Shijo John Joseph  4 , Samrat Singh Bhandari  4
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Mental health professionals as 'silent frontline healthcare workers': perspectives from three South Asian countries

Sheikh Shoib et al. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2021 Jul-Dec.

Abstract

Mental health professionals across the globe foresaw the mental health impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. They have faced scarcity of trained professionals, rising morbidities, lack of protective gear, shortage of psychotropic drugs, and poor rapport building due to masking and social distancing. Amidst all, they have responded with approaches that focus on continuing mental health services to the patients already in care, education of the vulnerable people to help them cope with these stressors, and provide counselling services to patients and families affected by the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Counselling; Impact; Masking; Social Distancing.

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