Progression of Mental Health Services during the COVID-19 Outbreak in China

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Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been rapidly transmitted in China, Macau, Hong Kong, and other Asian and European counterparts. This COVID-19 epidemic has aroused increasing attention nationwide. Patients, health professionals, and the general public are under insurmountable psychological pressure which may lead to various psychological problems, such as anxiety, fear, depression, and insomnia. Psychological crisis intervention plays a pivotal role in the overall deployment of the disease control. The National Health Commission of China has summoned a call for emergency psychological crisis intervention and thus, various mental health associations and organizations have established expert teams to…

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Keywords
  • Mental health
  • Public health
  • Anxiety
  • Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • China
  • Isolation (microbiology)
  • Outbreak
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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