COVID-19 mental health care toolkit: an international collaborative effort by Early Career Psychiatrists section.

Journal: General psychiatry

Volume: 33

Issue: 5

Year of Publication: 

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Choba, Rivers, Nigeria. Department of Clinical Neurosciences/DIMSC, School of Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Marche, Italy. Mental Health Center Prizren, Hospital and University Clinical Service of Kosovo, Prizren, Kosovo. Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. CERSAME, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario-Clinica Nuestra Senora de la Paz, Bogota, Colombia. Psychiatry Department D, Razi Hospital, faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia. Addictions Service (SerD), Department of Territorial Assistance, ASL Teramo, Teramo, Italy. Helwan Mental Health Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry (WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Services Development), Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Sawarde, Ratnagiri, India. Department of Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Mental Health Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (the Islamic Republic of). Fidmag Research Foundation, Hermanas Hospitalarias, Barcelona, Spain. Department of Psychiatry, Tarakan General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia. Early Psychosis Intervention Programme, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore. Department of Social and Community Health, School of Populatin Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Abstract summary 

The collaborative effort of an international research team from the Early Career Psychiatrists section of the World Psychiatry Association has brought about an easy-to-use, quick and stepwise mental health care toolkit for the identification and appropriate referral of those in need of mental health care during the pandemic. This simple guide can be applied in the general outpatient setting and is catered for all healthcare professionals, regardless of their expertise within the mental health field with minimal training. It is our hope that by incorporating this toolkit into our daily clinical care during the pandemic for high-risk patients and patients with non-specific complaints, we will be able to bridge the mental health gap present in our society.

Authors & Co-authors:  Adiukwu Frances F Orsolini Laura L Gashi Bytyçi Drita D El Hayek Samer S Gonzalez-Diaz Jairo M JM Larnaout Amine A Grandinetti Paolo P Nofal Marwa M Pereira-Sanchez Victor V Pinto da Costa Mariana M Ransing Ramdas R Schuh Teixeira Andre Luiz AL Shalbafan Mohammadreza M Soler-Vidal Joan J Syarif Zulvia Z Kudva Kundadak Ganesh G Ramalho Rodrigo D RD

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Douglas PK, Douglas DB, Harrigan DC, et al. . Preparing for pandemic influenza and its aftermath: mental health issues considered. Int J Emerg Ment Health 2009;11:137–44.
Authors :  17
Identifiers
Doi : e100270
SSN : 2517-729X
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Other Terms
anxiety;depression;mental health services
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
England