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How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic
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The unpredictability and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic; the associated lockdowns, physical distancing, and other containment strategies; and the resulting economic breakdown could increase the risk of mental health problems and exacerbate health inequalities. Preliminary findings suggest adverse mental health effects in previously healthy people and especially in people with pre-existing mental health disorders. Despite the heterogeneity of worldwide health systems, efforts have been made to adapt the delivery of mental health care to the demands of COVID-19. Mental health concerns have been addressed via the public mental health response and by adapting mental health services, mostly focusing on infection control, modifying access to diagnosis and treatment, ensuring continuity of care for mental health service users, and paying attention to new cases of mental ill health and populations at high risk of mental health problems. Sustainable adaptations of delivery systems for mental health care should be developed by experts, clinicians, and service users, and should be specifically designed to mitigate disparities in health-care provision. Thorough and continuous assessment of health and service-use outcomes in mental health clinical practice will be crucial for defining which practices should be further developed and which discontinued. For this Position Paper, an international group of clinicians, mental health experts, and users of mental health services has come together to reflect on the challenges for mental health that COVID-19 poses. The interconnectedness of the world made society vulnerable to this infection, but it also provides the infrastructure to address previous system failings by disseminating good practices that can result in sustained, efficient, and equitable delivery of mental health-care delivery. Thus, the COVID-19 pandemic could be an opportunity to improve mental health services.
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- Authors
- Moreno, C., Wykes, T., Galderisi, S., Nordentoft, M., Crossley, N., Jones, N., Cannon, M., Correll, C. U., Byrne, L., Carr, S., Chen, E. Y. H., Gorwood, P., Johnson, S., Kärkkäinen, H., Krystal, J. H., Lee, J., Lieberman, J., López-Jaramillo, C., Männikkö, M., Phillips, M. R., Uchida, H., Vieta, E., Vita, A., & Arango, C.
- Affiliations
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IE)
- Northwell Health (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Inserm (FR)
- University College London (GB)
- Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks-Europe (BE)
- Yale New Haven Hospital (US)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Columbia University (US)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Keio University (JP)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (ES)
- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Moreno, Carmen
- ORCID
- Moreno, Carmen
- Wykes, Til
- Galderisi, Silvana
- Nordentoft, Merete
- Crossley, Nicolas
- Jones, Nev
- Cannon, Mary
- Correll, Christoph U
- Byrne, Louise
- Carr, Sarah
- Chen, Eric Y H
- Gorwood, Philip
- Johnson, Sonia
- Kärkkäinen, Hilkka
- Krystal, John H
- Lee, Jimmy
- Lieberman, Jeffrey
- Phillips, Michael R
- Uchida, Hiroyuki
- Vieta, Eduard
- Vita, Antonio
- Arango, Celso
- Venue
- The Lancet Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-09
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 813-824
- ISSN
- 2215-0366 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7365642
- OpenAlex
- W3043299460
- Cited by
- 1,840
- References
- 144
- Citations by year
- 2026: 80 · 2025: 141 · 2024: 203 · 2023: 303 · 2022: 368 · 2021: 472 · 2020: 271
- FWCI
- 28.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- erratum (2021-07-01)
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Repository University of Antioquia (University of Antioquia) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) (submittedVersion)
- DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Brescia) (submittedVersion)
- Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- European Commission
- European Research Council (724809)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81371502, 81761128031, PI15/00283, PI18/00805)
- Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya (SLT006/17/00357)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0514-10028)
- Innovative Medicines Initiative (115916, 777394)
- King's College London (IS-BRC-1215-20018)
- Fundación Mutua Madrileña
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental
- Fundación Alicia Koplowitz
- European Regional Development Fund
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI16/02012, PI17/02227, PI19/024, SAM16PE07CP1)
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Seventh Framework Programme (FP7-4-HEALTH-2009-2.2.1-2-241909, FP7-HEALTH-2013-2.2.1-2-602478)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, mental health services, mental health service delivery, health disparities, continuity of care, infection control, lockdown, economic impact, service user involvement
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Mental Disorders, Health Personnel, Humans, Mental Health Services, Pneumonia, Viral, Telemedicine, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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