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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Supporting the vulnerable: developing a strategic community mental health response to the COVID-19 pandemic |
Author: | Thomson, S. Doan, T. Liu, D. Schubert, K.O. Toh, J. Boyd, M.A. Galletly, C. |
Citation: | Australasian Psychiatry, 2020; 28(5):492-499 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
ISSN: | 1039-8562 1440-1665 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sumana Thomson, Trung Doan, Dennis Liu, Klaus Oliver Schubert, Julian Toh, Mark A Boyd, Cherrie Galletly |
Abstract: | Objectives: 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. Methods: 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. Results: 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. Conclusions: 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. |
Keywords: | Public health COVID-19 pandemic schizophrenia mental health |
Rights: | © The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2020. Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
DOI: | 10.1177/1039856220944701 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856220944701 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Psychiatry publications |
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