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- Title
Supporting the vulnerable: developing a strategic community mental health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Authors
Thomson, Sumana; Doan, Trung; Liu, Dennis; Schubert, Klaus Oliver; Toh, Julian; Boyd, Mark A; Galletly, Cherrie
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>The COVID-19 pandemic poses significant risks to the vulnerable patient population supported by community mental health (CMH) teams in South Australia. This paper describes a plan developed to understand and mitigate these risks.<bold>Methods: </bold>Public health and psychiatric literature was reviewed and clinicians in CMH teams and infectious disease were consulted. Key risks posed by COVID-19 to CMH patients were identified and mitigation plans were prepared.<bold>Results: </bold>A public health response plan for CMH teams was developed to support vulnerable individuals and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan will be reviewed regularly to respond to changes in public health recommendations, research findings and feedback from patients and clinicians.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The strategic response plan developed to address risks to vulnerable patients from COVID-19 can assist other CMH services in managing the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Subjects
SOUTH Australia; COVID-19 pandemic; MENTAL health; PUBLIC health; COMMUNICABLE diseases; MENTAL illness treatment; VIRAL pneumonia; COVID-19; AT-risk people; EPIDEMICS
- Publication
Australasian Psychiatry, 2020, Vol 28, Issue 5, p492
- ISSN
1039-8562
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/1039856220944701