Psychological Influence of Coronovirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on the
General Public, Medical Workers, and Patients With Mental Disorders and its
Countermeasures
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Wang S
; Wen X
; Dong Y
; Liu B
; Cui M
Psychosomatics
2020[Nov]; 61
(6
): 616-624
PMID32739051
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BACKGROUND: Coronovirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first broke out in Wuhan, Hubei
Province, China, in 2019, and now it spreads in more than 100 countries around
the world. On January 30th, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19
a public health emergency of international concern. It was classified as a
pandemic by the WHO on March 11, 2020. With the increase in the number of cases
reported by various countries every day, the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted more
and more attention around the world. At the same time, this public health
emergency has caused a variety of psychological problems, such as panic disorder,
anxiety, and depression. In addition, the Wuhan Mental Health Center's analysis
of 2144 calls from the psychological hotline from February 4 to February 20,
2020, showed that the general public accounted for 70%, medical workers accounted
for 2.2%, patients with mental disorders accounted for 19.5%, and other personnel
accounted for 8.3% (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/kmff1vnaLsT2d9xQkK5pwg).
CONCLUSION: Therefore, while controlling the pandemic, the government should also
pay attention to the mental health of the general public, medical workers, and
patients with mental disorders. Community mental health service systems, online
mental health services, telemedicine, and other measures for patients with mental
disorders may play a vital role during the pandemic.
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