Face mask exemptions, psychiatric patients, and COVID-19

It has been compulsory to wear face masks in all public spaces, both indoor and outdoor, since May 21, 2020 throughout Spain [1], a measure intended to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, there are some exceptions to this rule, including “… People for whom the use of...

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Autores principales: Ayuso-Mateos, José Luis, Soriano, Joan B., Ancochea, Julio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7804073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33280621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.107
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description It has been compulsory to wear face masks in all public spaces, both indoor and outdoor, since May 21, 2020 throughout Spain [1], a measure intended to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, there are some exceptions to this rule, including “… People for whom the use of a mask is inadvisable for duly justified health reasons, or who, due to their disability or dependency, present behavioural alterations that make its use unviable.”
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spelling pubmed-78040732021-01-13 Face mask exemptions, psychiatric patients, and COVID-19 Ayuso-Mateos, José Luis Soriano, Joan B. Ancochea, Julio Eur Psychiatry Viewpoint It has been compulsory to wear face masks in all public spaces, both indoor and outdoor, since May 21, 2020 throughout Spain [1], a measure intended to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, there are some exceptions to this rule, including “… People for whom the use of a mask is inadvisable for duly justified health reasons, or who, due to their disability or dependency, present behavioural alterations that make its use unviable.” Cambridge University Press 2020-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7804073/ /pubmed/33280621 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.107 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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