A psychiatrist's perspective from a COVID-19 epicentre: a personal account.
Isabella PacchiarottiGerard AnmellaGiovanna FicoNorma VerdoliniEduard VietaPublished 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.