A psychiatrist's perspective from a COVID-19 epicentre: a personal account.

Isabella Pacchiarotti Gerard Anmella Giovanna Fico Norma Verdolini Eduard Vieta

Published in: BJPsych open (2020)

A rebound effect on mental health problems is to be expected in the medium and long term, especially for healthcare professionals and psychiatric patients, necessitating a strengthening of preventive approaches and policies for mental health along with a prompt reopening of mental health services. Ways to provide psychiatric healthcare in the immediate future need to be re-evaluated, and the development of telepsychiatry services is probably to be expected.

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