Cargando…
Current and Future Challenges in the Delivery of Mental Healthcare during COVID-19
The USA is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We assess the impact of COVID-19 on psychiatric symptoms in healthcare workers, those with psychiatric comorbidities, and the general population. We highlight the challenges ahead and discuss the increased relevance of telepsychiatry. We analyzed all...
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Springer International Publishing
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7287405/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32838140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00348-3 |
_version_ | 1783545054770495488 |
---|---|
author | Gautam, Mohan Thakrar, Anjali Akinyemi, Esther Mahr, Greg |
author_facet | Gautam, Mohan Thakrar, Anjali Akinyemi, Esther Mahr, Greg |
author_sort | Gautam, Mohan |
collection | PubMed |
description | The USA is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We assess the impact of COVID-19 on psychiatric symptoms in healthcare workers, those with psychiatric comorbidities, and the general population. We highlight the challenges ahead and discuss the increased relevance of telepsychiatry. We analyzed all available literature available as of March 25, 2020, on PubMed, Ovid Medline, and PsychInfo. We utilized the MeSH term “covid AND (psychiatry OR mental health)” and included all articles. Duplicates were removed resulting in 32 articles, of which 19 are cited. Four additional references are included to examine suicide data. During the review process, an additional 7 articles were identified which are also included. Frontline healthcare workers are currently experiencing increased psychiatric symptoms and this is more severe in females and nurses. Non-frontline healthcare workers, as well as the general population, are experiencing vicarious traumatization. People with psychiatric comorbidities, and the general population, face increased psychiatric symptom burden. Migrant workers, the elderly, children, and the homeless may be disproportionately impacted. Suicide rates may be impacted. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a severe disruption to the delivery of mental healthcare. Psychiatric facilities are facing unprecedented disruptions in care provision as they struggle to manage an infected population with comorbid psychiatric symptoms. Telepsychiatry is a flawed but reasonable solution to increase the availability of mental healthcare during COVID-19. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7287405 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | Springer International Publishing |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-72874052020-06-11 Current and Future Challenges in the Delivery of Mental Healthcare during COVID-19 Gautam, Mohan Thakrar, Anjali Akinyemi, Esther Mahr, Greg SN Compr Clin Med Covid-19 The USA is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We assess the impact of COVID-19 on psychiatric symptoms in healthcare workers, those with psychiatric comorbidities, and the general population. We highlight the challenges ahead and discuss the increased relevance of telepsychiatry. We analyzed all available literature available as of March 25, 2020, on PubMed, Ovid Medline, and PsychInfo. We utilized the MeSH term “covid AND (psychiatry OR mental health)” and included all articles. Duplicates were removed resulting in 32 articles, of which 19 are cited. Four additional references are included to examine suicide data. During the review process, an additional 7 articles were identified which are also included. Frontline healthcare workers are currently experiencing increased psychiatric symptoms and this is more severe in females and nurses. Non-frontline healthcare workers, as well as the general population, are experiencing vicarious traumatization. People with psychiatric comorbidities, and the general population, face increased psychiatric symptom burden. Migrant workers, the elderly, children, and the homeless may be disproportionately impacted. Suicide rates may be impacted. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a severe disruption to the delivery of mental healthcare. Psychiatric facilities are facing unprecedented disruptions in care provision as they struggle to manage an infected population with comorbid psychiatric symptoms. Telepsychiatry is a flawed but reasonable solution to increase the availability of mental healthcare during COVID-19. Springer International Publishing 2020-06-11 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7287405/ /pubmed/32838140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00348-3 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Covid-19 Gautam, Mohan Thakrar, Anjali Akinyemi, Esther Mahr, Greg Current and Future Challenges in the Delivery of Mental Healthcare during COVID-19 |
title | Current and Future Challenges in the Delivery of Mental Healthcare during COVID-19 |
title_full | Current and Future Challenges in the Delivery of Mental Healthcare during COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Current and Future Challenges in the Delivery of Mental Healthcare during COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Current and Future Challenges in the Delivery of Mental Healthcare during COVID-19 |
title_short | Current and Future Challenges in the Delivery of Mental Healthcare during COVID-19 |
title_sort | current and future challenges in the delivery of mental healthcare during covid-19 |
topic | Covid-19 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7287405/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32838140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00348-3 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT gautammohan currentandfuturechallengesinthedeliveryofmentalhealthcareduringcovid19 AT thakraranjali currentandfuturechallengesinthedeliveryofmentalhealthcareduringcovid19 AT akinyemiesther currentandfuturechallengesinthedeliveryofmentalhealthcareduringcovid19 AT mahrgreg currentandfuturechallengesinthedeliveryofmentalhealthcareduringcovid19 |