The response of the mental health network of the Salamanca area to the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of the telemedicine.
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The COVID-19 pandemic reached world-wide causing a great impact on healthcare services. The aim of this work is to describe the response of the Mental Health Network of the Salamanca´ Area (Spain) to this crisis and the reorganization of its resources within the first 8 weeks after the state of alarm was declared. The Psychiatry Service applied a contingency plan which included the reorganization of the human resources, the closure of some of the units and the implementation of telemedicine programs along with two specific programs, namely a mental health assistance program in the context of the infection by coronavirus, and another program for homeless people. 9.038 phone interviews were carried out in the outpatients and community mental health programs. The activity in subacute and acute wards, as well as that of the day hospital programs was decreased to 50%. Based on that this real-world response provided we concluded that the usage of telemedicine is promising in patients with any kind of disorder. Its implementation in daily practice will be considered in the future. Research must continue on COVID-19's impact on patients with mental disorders and Psychiatry's necessary adaptations and new approaches to them.
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- Authors
- Roncero, C., García-Ullán, L., de la Iglesia-Larrad, J. I., Martín, C., Andrés, P., Ojeda, A., González-Parra, D., Pérez, J., Fombellida, C., Álvarez-Navares, A., Benito, J. A., Dutil, V., Lorenzo, C., & Montejo, Á. L.
- Affiliations
- Universidad de Salamanca (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Roncero, Carlos
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-09
- Volume
- 291
- Pages
- 113252
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7329660
- OpenAlex
- W3039960569
- Cited by
- 71
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 7
- FWCI
- 5.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Gredos (University of Salamanca) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Hispana (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine, mental health services, state of alarm, mental health network, homeless people, community mental health, outpatient care, Salamanca
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Mental Disorders, Humans, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Outpatients, Pneumonia, Viral, Spain, Telemedicine, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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