TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental-health services in Europe
AU - Thome, Johannes
AU - Deloyer, Jocelyn
AU - Coogan, Andrew N.
AU - Bailey-Rodriguez, Deborah
AU - da Cruz e Silva, Odete A.B.
AU - Faltraco, Frank
AU - Grima, Cathleen
AU - Gudjonsson, Snaebjorn Omar
AU - Hanon, Cecile
AU - Hollý, Martin
AU - Joosten, Jo
AU - Karlsson, Ingegerd
AU - Kelemen, Gabriela
AU - Korman, Maria
AU - Krysta, Krzysztof
AU - Lichterman, Boleslav
AU - Loganovsky, Konstantin
AU - Marazziti, Donatella
AU - Maraitou, Margarita
AU - Mertens deWilmars, Serge
AU - Reunamen, Merja
AU - Rexhaj, Shyhrete
AU - Sancaktar, Muhammet
AU - Sempere, Javier
AU - Tournier, Isabelle
AU - Weynant, Emilie
AU - Vis, Christiaan
AU - Lebas, Marie Clotilde
AU - Fond-Harmant, Laurence
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Purpose: The current COVID-19 pandemic confronts psychiatric patients and mental health services with unique and severe challenges. Methods: In order to identify these trans-national challenges across Europe, an ad-hoc survey was conducted among 23 experts, each answering for one European or aligned country. Results: A number of important themes and issues were raised for the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and mental health services, barriers to service provision and future consequences. A number of key issues were reported by colleagues across several jurisdictions, even though these were at different stages of their national epidemics. Conclusions: Based on these findings, we articulate some important learnings from the early stages of the COVID-19 European pandemic, and highlight key considerations for all countries’ mental health services as the current pandemic develops and for future pandemics.
AB - Purpose: The current COVID-19 pandemic confronts psychiatric patients and mental health services with unique and severe challenges. Methods: In order to identify these trans-national challenges across Europe, an ad-hoc survey was conducted among 23 experts, each answering for one European or aligned country. Results: A number of important themes and issues were raised for the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and mental health services, barriers to service provision and future consequences. A number of key issues were reported by colleagues across several jurisdictions, even though these were at different stages of their national epidemics. Conclusions: Based on these findings, we articulate some important learnings from the early stages of the COVID-19 European pandemic, and highlight key considerations for all countries’ mental health services as the current pandemic develops and for future pandemics.
KW - COVID-19
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - mental health
KW - mental health services
KW - psychiatry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098004762&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15622975.2020.1844290
DO - 10.1080/15622975.2020.1844290
M3 - Article
C2 - 33143529
AN - SCOPUS:85098004762
SN - 1562-2975
VL - 22
SP - 516
EP - 525
JO - World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
JF - World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
IS - 7
ER -
