Mental health of mental health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic: Who cares for it?

Kar, Sujita Kumar; Singh, Amit Prakash

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102385

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“…More patients who required an UPC at MHC were already in care at the outpatient service in 2020. This data could indicate the higher vulnerability of patients affected by a psychiatric disorder to the effects of the pandemic situation, as observed by most authors [35,39,40].…”

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“…In 2020, most UPC were required by patients already treated and cared for by the outpatient service in comparison with 2019 (86% vs 79%), suggesting the psychological vulnerability of this population in the pandemic period probably due to many critical issues (isolation, fear of infection, economic difficulties, etc. ), as noted by other authors [35][36][37][38][39][40]. We did not report any statistically significant difference in the clinical motivations for UPC, although our logistic regression model highlights that the UPC in 2020 were strongly conditioned by many psychiatric disorders as depressive, adjustment and bipolar disorders as well as mental retardation and suspected psychiatric disorder, further suggesting the greater vulnerability of people affected by these disorders.…”

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confidence: 54%

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Urgent Psychiatric Consultations at Mental Health Center during COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study

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The coronavirus pandemic and related social distancing measures have brought about dramatic changes in people's lives. In particular, health workers have been forced to change their activities both for the different needs of patients and for preventive measures against the spread of the virus. This study is aimed at comparing the urgent psychiatric consultations (UPC) performed at the outpatient Mental Health Center (MHC) of Modena during the coronavirus outbreak period, from 1 March to 31 August 2020, with the same period in 2019. We retrospectively collected in a database the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who required UPC in the MHC during the 6-month observation periods in both 2019 and 2020. Data were statistically analyzed. We analyzed 656 urgent psychiatric consultations in 2019 and 811 in 2020, requested by 425 patients in 2019 and 488 in 2020, respectively. In the pandemic period, we observed an increase in the total and daily number of UPC which were more frequently required by patients in care at local outpatient services in comparison with the previous period. During 2020, an increased number of UPC was carried out remotely and the outcome was more frequently represented by discharge at home, avoiding hospitalization as much as possible. In the course of the coronavirus pandemic, MHC had to face an increased demand for clinical activity especially from the most clinically and socially vulnerable patients, who more frequently required UPC in outpatient psychiatric services.

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Urgent Psychiatric Consultations at Mental Health Center during COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study

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“…In 2020, most UPC were required by patients already treated and cared for by the outpatient service in comparison with 2019 (86% vs 79%), suggesting the psychological vulnerability of this population in the pandemic period probably due to many critical issues (isolation, fear of infection, economic di culties, etc. ), as noted by other authors [35][36][37][38][39][40]. We did not report any statistically signi cant difference in the clinical motivations for UPC, although our logistic regression model highlights that the UPC in 2020 were strongly conditioned by many psychiatric disorders as depressive, adjustment and bipolar disorders as well as mental retardation and suspected psychiatric disorder, further suggesting the greater vulnerability of people affected by these disorders.…”

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confidence: 60%

Urgent psychiatric consultations at Mental Health Center during COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective observational study

Lorenzo¹,

Fiore

Bruno

et al. 2021

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The coronavirus pandemic and related social distancing measures have brought about dramatic changes in people's lives. In particular, health workers have been forced to change their activities both for the different needs of patients and for preventive measures against the spread of the virus.This study is aimed at comparing the urgent psychiatric consultations (UPC) performed at the outpatient Mental Health Center (MHC) of Modena during the coronavirus outbreak period, from 1 March to 31 August 2020, with the same period in 2019. We retrospectively collected in a database the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who required UPC in the MHC during the 6-month observation periods in both 2019 and 2020. Data were statistically analyzed.We analyzed 656 urgent psychiatric consultations in 2019 and 811 in 2020, requested by 424 patients in 2019 and 488 in 2020, respectively. In the pandemic period, we observed an increase in the total and daily number of UPC which were more frequently required by patients in care at local outpatient services in comparison with the previous period. During 2020, an increased number of UPC were carried out remotely and the outcome was more frequently represented by discharge at home, avoiding hospitalization as much as possible.In the course of the coronavirus pandemic, MHC had to face an increased demand for clinical activity especially from the most clinically and socially vulnerable patients, who more frequently required UPC in outpatient psychiatric services.

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“…Pirmieji susirūpinimai psichikos sveikata ir juos atliepiantys moksliniai tyrimai pandemijos laikotarpiu susikoncentravo į pandemijos psichologines pasekmes visuomenei ir medicinos personalui, dirbančiam su COVID-19 infekcija sergančiais asmenimis. Tačiau šis susirūpinimas psichologine sveikata darė milžinišką spaudimą psichikos sveikatos priežiūros specialistams (Kar & Singh, 2020). Šie specialistai dažnai matomi kaip "stiprūs" žmonės, turintys veiksmingas asmenines įveikos strategijas ir dėl to galintys padėti kitiems, pandemijos akivaizdoje turintys atlaikyti ir padėti ne tik iš seniau turimiems pacientams, bet ir naujiems, dėl pandemijos atsiradusiems pacientams bei medicinos specialistams, susiduriantiems su ypač sunkiais išgyvenimais (Kar & Singh, 2020).…”

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“…Tačiau šis susirūpinimas psichologine sveikata darė milžinišką spaudimą psichikos sveikatos priežiūros specialistams (Kar & Singh, 2020). Šie specialistai dažnai matomi kaip "stiprūs" žmonės, turintys veiksmingas asmenines įveikos strategijas ir dėl to galintys padėti kitiems, pandemijos akivaizdoje turintys atlaikyti ir padėti ne tik iš seniau turimiems pacientams, bet ir naujiems, dėl pandemijos atsiradusiems pacientams bei medicinos specialistams, susiduriantiems su ypač sunkiais išgyvenimais (Kar & Singh, 2020). Siekiant pagelbėti psichikos sveikatos specialistams, moksliniame lauke atsirado siūlymų, kokios psichologinės intervencijos tinkamiausios medicinos specialistams (Pollock et al, 2020) arba kitiems žmonėms, kurie susiduria su nerimu dėl pandemijos ir karantino (Loeb et al, 2020).…”

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Features of Mental Health Service Provision During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Specialists Who Work with Suicide Prevention in Rural Areas

Čepulienė

Dadašev

Grigienė

et al. 2021

PSY

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The COVID-19 pandemic can influence the situation of suicide rates and mental health in rural regions even more than in major cities. The aim of the current study was to explore the functioning of mental health service provision during the COVID-19 pandemic through interviews with mental health professionals and other specialists who work with suicide prevention in rural areas. Thirty specialists were interviewed using a semi-structured interview format. The following codes were identified during the thematic analysis: providing help during the pandemic (mental health professionals and institutions adapted to the conditions of the pandemic, remote counselling makes providing help more difficult, the help is less reachable); help-seeking during the pandemic (people seek less help because of the pandemic, seeking remote help is easier, the frequency of help seeking didn’t change); the effects and governing of the pandemic situation (the pandemic can have negative effects on mental health; after the pandemic mental health might get worse; the governing of the pandemic situation in Lithuania could be more fluent). The current study reveals positive aspects of mental health professionals’ adaptivity during the pandemic, as well as severe problems which are related to the access to the mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mental health of mental health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic: Who cares for it?

Cited by 18 publications

References 6 publications

Urgent Psychiatric Consultations at Mental Health Center during COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study

Urgent Psychiatric Consultations at Mental Health Center during COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study

Urgent psychiatric consultations at Mental Health Center during COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective observational study

Features of Mental Health Service Provision During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Specialists Who Work with Suicide Prevention in Rural Areas

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