Psychosocial Support during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Korea: Activities of Multidisciplinary Mental Health Professionals

As of April 18, 2020, there have been a total of 10,653 confirmed cases and 232 deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea. The pathogen spread quickly, and the outbreak caused nationwide anxiety and shock. This study presented the anecdotal records that provided a detailed process o...

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Autores principales: Hyun, Jinhee, You, Sungeun, Sohn, Sunju, Kim, Seok-Joo, Bae, Jeongyee, Baik, Myungjae, Cho, In Hee, Choi, Hyunjung, Choi, Kyeong-Sook, Chung, Chan-Seung, Jeong, Chanyoung, Joo, Hyesun, Kim, Eunji, Kim, Heeguk, Kim, Hyun Soo, Ko, Jinsun, Lee, Jung Hyun, Lee, Sang Min, Lee, So Hee, Chung, Un Sun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7279947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32508070
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e211
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Sumario:As of April 18, 2020, there have been a total of 10,653 confirmed cases and 232 deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea. The pathogen spread quickly, and the outbreak caused nationwide anxiety and shock. This study presented the anecdotal records that provided a detailed process of the multidisciplinary teamwork in mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. Psychosocial support is no less important than infection control during an epidemic, and collaboration and networking are at the core of disaster management. Thus, a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals was immediately established and has collaborated effectively with its internal and external stakeholders for psychosocial support during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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