Migrant workers in China need emergency psychological interventions during the COVID-19 outbreak
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The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been found in more than 200 countries worldwide since December, 2019. In China, a major reason for the rapid transmission of the COVID-19 in early stage of the outbreak is the huge numbers of passengers boarding their “last train home” to meet family members during the Spring Festival. Most of these travelers were internal migrant workers. In order to reduce the risk of the COVID-19 transmission, public transportation networks were suspended, and many migrant workers who returned to their hometowns needed to be quarantined for 2 weeks, which led to the delay of returning back to cities to work. Many businesses have temporarily closed because of the risk of COVID-19 transmission, leading to unemployment of many workers. Sudden loss of income and further quarantine enforcement in cities can exacerbate existing mental health problems or trigger new mental disorders among affected migrant workers. However, to date no specific guidelines or strategies about mental health services of migrant workers have been released. Health authorities and professionals should pay more attention to this vulnerable group and provide timely mental health service support for those in need.
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In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an even higher need for psychosocial interventions for international migrant workers targeting symptoms of psychological distress such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
“In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is thus an even higher need for psychosocial interventions for IMWs targeting the most notable symptoms of psychological distress, such as anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [16, 17].”
From Effectiveness of a scalable, remotely delivered stepped-care intervention to reduce symptoms of psychological distress among Polish migrant workers in the Netherlands: study protocol for the RESPOND randomised controlled trial (2023) · cites this paper as [17]
The Main text recommends mental-health screening and accessible psychological services for migrant workers during COVID-19, and identifies depression and anxiety as mental-health problems. But the paper focuses on internal migrant workers in China, not international migrant workers, and does not identify PTSD as a notable symptom in this population. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is thus an even higher need for psychosocial interventions for IMWs targeting the most notable symptoms of psychological distress, such as anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [16, 17].”
Background
- Authors
- Liu, Z.-H., Zhao, Y.-J., Feng, Y., Zhang, Q., Zhong, B.-L., Cheung, T., Hall, B. J., & Xiang, Y.-T.
- Affiliations
- University of Macau (MO)
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, Zi-Han
- ORCID
- Venue
- Globalization and Health
- Published
- 2020-08-19
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 75-75
- ISSN
- 1744-8603 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7436065
- OpenAlex
- W3049700550
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 5
- FWCI
- 2.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Globalization and Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Major Science and Technology Projects of China (2018ZX09201-014)
- Universidade de Macau (MYRG2019-00066-FHS)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, migrant workers, internal migration, psychological intervention, mental health, quarantine, unemployment, Spring Festival travel, mental health services, China
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, China, Disease Outbreaks, Emergency Services, Psychiatric, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Transients and Migrants, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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