Psychological Support to the Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Field Experience in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy

Ghiretti, Fiorello; Gildoni, Gabriela; Grassi, G; Torricelli, Laura; Benassi, Elena; Bonaretti, Elisa; Bonazzi, Francesca; Borelli, Sara; Cagnolati, Francesca; Covati, Katia; Errera, Francesca; Finardi, Vanessa; Grisendi, Rossano; Libanti, Jody; Lumia, Roberta; A, Montanari; Morini, Giorgia; Pettinari, Sabrina; Peverini, Annamaria; Ragone, Caterina; Santachiara, Marco; Valentini, Valerio; Zanchetta, Agnese; Zapponi, Sabina; Pensieri, Luana; Poletti, Michele

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.561742

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“…• In Emilia Romagna region (Italy), a free telephone-based psychological support service was established during lockdown, receiving 312 calls in the first 11 weeks of activity [ 41 ].…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Delivery of Mental Health Services and Telemental Health: Systematic Review

Zangani¹,

Ostinelli²,

Smith³

et al. 2022

JMIR Ment Health

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic required mental health services around the world to adapt quickly to the new restrictions and regulations put in place to reduce the risk of transmission. As face-to-face contact became difficult, virtual methods were implemented to continue to safely provide mental health care. However, it is unclear to what extent service provision transitioned to telemental health worldwide. Objective We aimed to systematically review the global research literature on how mental health service provision adapted during the first year of the pandemic. Methods We searched systematically for quantitative papers focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health services published until April 13, 2021, in the PubMed, Embase, medRxiv, and bioXriv electronic bibliographic databases, using the COVID-19 Open Access Project online platform. The screening process and data extraction were independently completed by at least two authors, and any disagreement was resolved by discussion with a senior member of the team. The findings were summarized narratively in the context of each country’s COVID-19 Stringency Index, which reflects the stringency of a government’s response to COVID-19 restrictions at a specific time. Results Of the identified 24,339 records, 101 papers were included after the screening process. Reports on general services (n=72) showed that several countries’ face-to-face services reduced their activities at the start of the pandemic, with reductions in the total number of delivered visits and with some services forced to close. In contrast, telemental health use rapidly increased in many countries across the world at the beginning of the pandemic (n=55), with almost complete virtualization of general and specialistic care services by the end of the first year. Considering the reported COVID-19 Stringency Index values, the increased use of virtual means seems to correspond to periods when the Stringency Index values were at their highest in several countries. However, due to specific care requirements, telemental health could not be used in certain subgroups of patients, such as those on clozapine or depot treatments and those who continued to need face-to-face visits. Conclusions During the pandemic, mental health services had to adapt quickly in the short term, implementing or increasing the use of telemental health services across the globe. Limited access to digital means, poor digital skills, and patients’ preferences and individual needs may have contributed to differences in implementing and accessing telemental health services during the pandemic. In the long term, a blended approach, combining in-person and virtual modalities, that takes into consideration the needs, preferences, and digital skills of patients may better support the future development of mental health services. It will be required to improve confidence with digital device use, training, and experience in all modalities for both clinicians and service users.

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“…• In Emilia Romagna region (Italy), a free telephone-based psychological support service was established during lockdown, receiving 312 calls in the first 11 weeks of activity [ 41 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Delivery of Mental Health Services and Telemental Health: Systematic Review

Zangani¹,

Ostinelli²,

Smith³

et al. 2022

JMIR Ment Health

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“…Compared to the general population, health workers reported a stronger sense of being at risk, more worries, and a higher level of knowledge about COVID-19 infection [86]. The fear of being infected-as well as the prolonged quarantine and lockdown-may have had acute and long-term psychological effects on the community [90]. The pandemic's impact persisted over time, even worsening cases of depression, and some vulnerable groups were found to need additional support for their mental health [90].…”

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“…The fear of being infected-as well as the prolonged quarantine and lockdown-may have had acute and long-term psychological effects on the community [90]. The pandemic's impact persisted over time, even worsening cases of depression, and some vulnerable groups were found to need additional support for their mental health [90]. However, acute COVID-19 stress and general mental distress had less of an impact on those people who generally believed that their lives had meaning [87].…”

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Assessing the Future City Post COVID-19: Linking the SDGs, Health, Resilience, and Psychological Impact

2023

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This paper explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected progress toward urban sustainability. A methodological framework was developed as an integrated-assessment tool for future cities, triangulating indicators that are relevant to cities. The development of this framework was based on understanding the dimensions of sustainable cities and factors related to the urgent crises, and the related lifestyle and psychological factors. The study focuses on the SDGs and health and resilience requirements and links them with the behavioral changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper builds on the advantages of various methodological frameworks by integrating their respective approaches, to offer a more comprehensive solution. A series of measures and actions (scenarios) related to sustainable cities and pandemics are discussed. This approach involves developing relevant indicators by fitting the urban health and resilience goals to the social, economic, and environmental goals of sustainable cities, as well as considering the factors affecting people’s perception of cities during and after the pandemic. The paper provides insights into how future cities could be planned, designed, and governed to reduce the impact of health crises and to enable the assessment of cities in relation to the chosen dimensions (health, resilience, sustainability, human).

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“…Psychological support has been vital in helping people during the COVID‐19 pandemic. For example, psychological support may equipped to prevent negative stress consequences (Ye et al, 2020 ), reduced the potential acute and long‐lasting effects of COVID‐19 on mental health (Ghiretti et al, 2020 ), improved the prognosis of COVID‐19‐positive patients (Yang, Yang, et al, 2020 ; Yang, Zhang, & Jia, 2020 ) and had a negative direct effect on police officers' stress response during the COVID‐19 pandemic (Jiang, 2021 ). Psychological support is one of the forms of social support, which involves empathy, care and love, leading to feelings of warmth and trust in the supported individual and is perceived and is closely related to an individual’s subjective feelings (Liu & Huang, 2010 ).…”

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Psychological support and demand for death education among Chinese college students during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of neutral death attitude

Jiang

2022

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Aim This study aimed to explore the mediating role of neutral death attitude between psychological support and demand for death education among college students during COVID‐19. Design A cross‐sectional survey was conducted with 1800 college students selected by convenience and snowball sampling from 20 provinces and municipalities. Methods A questionnaire survey (The Psychological Support Scale, Demand for Death Education Scale and Neutral Death Attitude Scale) was distributed to 1800 college students. Results Psychological support had a significant positive predictive effect on demand for death education and neutral death attitude, with neutral death attitude partially regulating the demand for death education of college students after receiving psychological support.

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Psychological Support to the Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Field Experience in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy

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References 14 publications

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Delivery of Mental Health Services and Telemental Health: Systematic Review

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Delivery of Mental Health Services and Telemental Health: Systematic Review

Assessing the Future City Post COVID-19: Linking the SDGs, Health, Resilience, and Psychological Impact

Psychological support and demand for death education among Chinese college students during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of neutral death attitude

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