COVID-19
Health
Mental Health
Anxiety
OCD
Hygiene
Social Distancing
Personal Boundaries
Infection Control
Psychosis
Paranoia
Teletherapy Services
Inpatient Treatment
Stigmatization
Severe Mental Illness
Manic Symptoms
Depressive Symptoms
Somatic Disorders
Thread: Challenges for #mentalheath care during/after COVID19:
1/ Outpatient: Optimizing access & cultural acceptance to #teletherapy services and #phonebased crisis services
2/ Inpatient setting: #psychiatry units are not set up for aggressive infection control
#healthNERDS
1/ Outpatient: Optimizing access & cultural acceptance to #teletherapy services and #phonebased crisis services
2/ Inpatient setting: #psychiatry units are not set up for aggressive infection control
#healthNERDS
3/ #Inpatient treatment requires social interaction, wearing PPE for staff & patients can lead to further stigmatization of an already stigmatized setting
4/ Patients with severe #mentalillness struggle with poor hygiene and personal boundaries making #socialdistancing difficult
4/ Patients with severe #mentalillness struggle with poor hygiene and personal boundaries making #socialdistancing difficult
5/ COVID19 can likely exacerbate pre-existing mental health conditions including #manic and #depressive symptoms, #anxiety, somatic disorders, #OCD, #psychosis and paranoia worsened by intensifying media coverage, substance use disorders and eating disorders
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