Coronavirus disease: challenges for psychiatry
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Summary: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) presents two urgent health problems: the illness caused by the virus itself and the anxiety, panic and psychological problems associated with the pandemic. Both problems present substantial challenges for our patients, their families, our multidisciplinary teams and our psychiatrist colleagues. We need good psychiatry, now more than ever.
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The COVID-19 pandemic, through combined health risk, mass disruption, and isolation, has the potential to cause substantial negative mental health outcomes.
“The combined health-risk, mass disruption and isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential for substantial negative mental health outcomes (Holmes et al., 2020; Kelly, 2020; Mucci et al., 2020).”
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- Authors
- Kelly, B. D.
- Affiliations
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Kelly, Brendan D.
- ORCID
- Kelly, Brendan D.
- Venue
- The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 2020-04-15
- Volume
- 217
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 352-353
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- PMC
- PMC7205546
- OpenAlex
- W3015282482
- Cited by
- 80
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 27
- FWCI
- 7.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Lenus, The Irish Health Repository (Dr Steevens Hospital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, psychological distress, anxiety, panic, mental health during pandemic, multidisciplinary team, family caregivers
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Humans, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Pneumonia, Viral, Risk Factors, Stress, Psychological, Global Health, Infection Control, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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