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Mental health in pandemic times - a review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

D. Jeremias ,
A. Moura ,
D. Rodrigues ,
C. Laginhas ,
J. Isaac  and
R. Albuquerque
D. Jeremias*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Ocidental Lisbon Hospital Center, Lisboa, Portugal
A. Moura
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Ocidental Lisbon Hospital Center, Lisboa, Portugal
D. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Ocidental Lisbon Hospital Center, Lisboa, Portugal
C. Laginhas
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Ocidental Lisbon Hospital Center, Lisboa, Portugal
J. Isaac
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, ULSBA - Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes, Beja, Portugal
R. Albuquerque
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Ocidental Lisbon Hospital Center, Lisboa, Portugal
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Any outbreak of pandemic dimension will most likely produce a serious amount of distress and prejudice to anyone, in particular when it comes to mental health. The pandemic impact in primary care and in the psychiatric emergency department are some of the topics discussed in this review.

Objectives

It aims to review, evaluate and reflect over the impact of a deadly coronavirus pandemic on mental health, as well as presenting possible long-term challenges and potential ways to approach it.

Methods

A non-systematic literary review was performed on the Pubmed, PsycInfo and Cochrane databases using the key words “covid-19”, “psychiatry”, “self-isolation” and “telepsychiatry”.

Results

Globally and, as expected, there has been a general increase in need for psychiatric assessment and treatment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conclusions

The role of psychiatry has faced quite some challenges in such a short period of time: the rise of telepsychiatry; the management of patients with both a psychiatric disorder and an infection with the new coronavirus and the need to provide an adequate psychiatric assistance in the emergency room has become the new normal.

Keywords

COVID-19psychiatryself-isolationtelepsychiatry
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S310
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