Although past instances of outbreaks for SARS have shown that most adverse psychological consequences of physical distancing and quarantine resolved without the need for specialized mental health care, the problems arising from stress related to recession and containment strategies may persist. The public health response to COVID-19 should not only provide clear, concise, and accurate information about quarantine and infection rates to reduce uncertainty, but also aim to increase mental health literacy through a multiagency collaboration among housing, education, and employment services, with support from the voluntary and mental health sectors

Public mental health responses and community outreach

- Admission
- Physical distancing
- telehealth and home-based treatment
- Adjustments of policies
- Possible barriers

Infection-control measures in mental health-care settings

- Health-care workers
- Family or loved ones of people with COVID-19

Mental health support for special populations

- Public mental health responses and community outreach
- Mental health-care settings
- Mental health needs of special populations

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- Potential consequences of COVID-19 for mental health
- Mental health service responses to COVID-19
- Sustainable adaptations of mental health delivery
- Assessment of mental health outcomes in clinical practice

Topics of How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic

Moreno, C., Wykes, T., Galderisi, S., Nordentoft, M., Crossley, N., Jones, N., Cannon, M., Correll, C., Byrne, L., Carr, S., Chen, E., Gorwood, P., Johnson, S., Kärkkäinen, H., Krystal, J., Lee, J., Lieberman, J., López-Jaramillo, C., Männikkö, M., Phillips, M., Uchida, H., Vieta, E., Vita, A. and Arango, C., 2020. How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Psychiatry. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30307-2

How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic

Mental health service responses to COVID-19

- Ethics-driven and rights-driven considerations
- Service user knowledge and involvement
- Longer-term mental health needs
- Remote therapy
- Ways of working

Sustainable adaptations of mental health delivery

Assessment of mental health outcomes in clinical practice

- Children

- Domestic caregivers

- Old age

- Marginalized community

- General public

- People who have or had COVID-19

- People with pre-existing mental health disorders

- Health-care workers

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