In December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province in China, and then, it expanded quickly, resulting in unprecedented remarkable threats to the public health, not only to China, but also worldwide. To efficiently stop the rapid spread of the epidemic, Chinese government adopted multiple response policies including traffic control, home isolation, modifying the regular wards into isolation wads and building new hospitals for infected people. Meanwhile, medical workers echoed actively calls for mobilization from National Health Commission of China to support the epidemic control. As a result, patients were successfully treated and mortality decreased gradually and the COVID-19 epidemic ultimately was under the control in China. The nurses constituted the major front-line rescue workforce in combating the COVID-19 epidemic. It is estimated that totally

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The current study explored Chinese parents' experiences of caring for their only child with mental illness. Face-to-face interviews with semi-structured questions were conducted to learn about the care experiences of parents whose only child had mental illness. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit parents ( n = 14) and thematic analysis was used. Five themes were identified: (1) Having Responsibility to Care for Children , (2) Feeling Guilt and Self-Blame , (3) Experiencing Loneliness and Helplessness , (4) Drained by Caregiving , and (5) Worrying About the Future . Parents who cared for their only child with mental illness experienced considerable emotional and physical challenges. Professionals and health care providers should recognize and understand the experiences of these parents to identity their needs and provide adequate support. Targeted support services and appropriate professional information should be developed and provided for parents to relieve them of negative caregiving experiences and improve their psychological and physical well-being. [ Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 59 (1), 29–37.]