The role of mental health services during the COVID-19 outbreak in China

Chuanyuan Kang; Jun Tong; Fu Meng; Qiang Feng; Hong Ma; Chuan Shi; Jing Yuan; Shuran Yang; Liang Liu; Li Xu; YingJun Xi; Wentian Li; Xudong Zhao; Jianzhong Yang

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102176

The role of mental health services during the COVID-19 outbreak in China

Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Aug:52:102176. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102176. Epub 2020 May 19.

Authors

Chuanyuan Kang¹, Jun Tong², Fu Meng¹, Qiang Feng¹, Hong Ma³, Chuan Shi⁴, Jing Yuan⁵, Shuran Yang⁶, Liang Liu⁷, Li Xu⁸, YingJun Xi⁹, Wentian Li¹⁰, Xudong Zhao¹, Jianzhong Yang¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200120, China.
² Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health Center, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, 430012, China; City University of Macao, Macao, China.
³ Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, 100191, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
⁴ Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Beijing 100191, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650101, China.
⁶ Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China.
⁷ Department of Clinical Psychology, Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 200124, China.
⁸ Department of Psychiatry, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650101, China.
⁹ The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders & Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Beijing, China; Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
¹⁰ Clinical Psychology Department, Wuhan Mental Health Center, Gongnongbing Road 125, Wuhan, Hubei, 430012, China.
¹¹ Department of Psychiatry, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650101, China. Electronic address: jzhyang2004@163.com.

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
China / epidemiology
Communicable Disease Control / organization & administration
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
Humans
Mental Health Services* / organization & administration
Mental Health Services* / trends
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
Professional Role
Psychiatry*
Psychosocial Support Systems*
Public Health* / methods
Public Health* / trends
SARS-CoV-2