Online mental health services in China during the COVID-19 outbreak

Abstract

Background: Under the new circumstance of COVID-19 pandemic, a full cognition of hand injury patterns may help with the injury prevention of the factories and management of medical institutions. Methods: 38 patients were admitted to the orthopedics department with an emergent hand injury, were retrospectively collected from January 23th, 2020 to March 23,2020. Information about demographics, type of injury, location of the injury, side of the lesion, mechanism of the injury, place where injuries occurred, surgical management and outcome was collected. Results: The number of total emergency visits of hand injury during the outbreak of COVID-19 decreased 37% from the same period of last year, and during the work resumption it had achieved an increase of 25.7%. Most of the injured patients during the stage of COVID-19 outbreak were women (60%) with a mean age of 56.7, while in the stage of work resumption were men (82.1%) with a mean age of 47.4. Most of the injury occurred at work (60.7%), and machine injury was the most frequent injury mechanism (67.9%). Fingers were the most common injured part. The majority of the injuries were classi ed to be minor or moderate (90%) in the outbreak, and major (42.9%) in the work resumption. Conclusion: We found an increased number of hand injuries, especially machine injury during the period of people returning to work after the outbreak of COVID-19. Medical institutions should be aware of the pattern of hand injuries during this special time in order to prepare services accordingly.

The emotional impact of Coronavirus 2019-nCoV (new Coronavirus disease)

“…Moreover, they may not have access to care as a result of mass quarantine restrictions and public transport closure . Liu et al (2020) highlighted that the COVID-19 epidemic has underscored potential gaps in mental health services during emergencies, while also testing the resilience of healthcare workers and medical systems. Duan and Zhu (2020) noted an increase of psychological problems during this epidemic, including anxiety, depression, and stress.…”

Rethinking online mental health services in China during the COVID-19 epidemic

“…A series of national and provincial policies were enacted to guide emergency psychological crisis interventions for the epidemic. And mainly due to their high feasibility, online mental health services, as Liu et al (Liu et al, 2020) noted, have been established as essential measures to address mental health needs in the epidemic and have been sprouting up in China since last month.…”

COVID-19 and mental health: A review of the existing literature

“…Widespread outbreaks of infectious disease, such as COVID-19, are associated with psychological distress and symptoms of mental illness (Bao et al, 2020). Psychiatrists across the world should be aware of these manifestations, their correlates, and strategies to manage them that encompass both the needs of specific populations and the precautionary measures necessary to contain the spread of COVID-19 (Liu et al, 2020a). They should also be aware of lacunae in the existing literature, which may need to be filled in over time through more widespread clinical experience and research.…”