China’s mental health support in response to COVID-19: progression, challenges and reflection

Ju, Yumeng; Zhang, Yan; Wang, Xiaoping; Li, Weihui; Ng, Roger; Li, Lingjiang

doi:10.1186/s12992-020-00634-8

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“…It is very important to facilitate emotional support, to boost their confidence, self-efficacy, and coping mechanisms in this pandemic, mindful of the fact that they have had to work under pressure, as many do not go home during the on-going crisis. 30 , 31 Positive coping styles were reported to increase mental health status among individuals, such as using positive reframing, acceptance, and humour. 16 Therefore, to improve community mental health during COVID-19 pandemic, medical professionals and communities need to collaborate with the government, to deliver mental health education, about adapting and responding to COVID-19, creating therapeutic environment during the pandemic, along with promoting healthy activities during self-isolation.…”

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“…16 Therefore, to improve community mental health during COVID-19 pandemic, medical professionals and communities need to collaborate with the government, to deliver mental health education, about adapting and responding to COVID-19, creating therapeutic environment during the pandemic, along with promoting healthy activities during self-isolation. [31][32][33] It is also very important to disseminate potential access to resources and healthcare services, while also empowering communities to fight COVID-19. 4…”

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Mental Health Policy: Protecting Community Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Setyawan

2021

Journal of Public Health Research

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Despite the growing interest in the treatment and management of COVID-19, communities still end up experiencing multiple stresses with mental health crisis, due to the pandemic. When this is not addressed, it causes stress in the long run, with further mental health damage in individuals and the communities. Furthermore, relevant policy related to the community mental health was identified as awareness in promoting mental issues, yet there are still failures recorded in the aspect of adequately addressing the well-being concerns. This study aims to support community mental health during the crisis, through useful information from relevant articles. It also explains some perspectives from literature reviews, case reports, with society responses from Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Proquest databases concerning recent community mental health issues, and government policy on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The inclusion criteria required articles that were peer-reviewed, by using i) English language March-September 2020; ii) Presented empirical studies related to COVID-19 (quantitative and qualitative); iii) Searched terms related to the general and community mental health, their policy, and COVID-19 pandemic. This study showed 19 articles related to community mental health issues or psychological wellbeing topics. The interventions provided to strengthen community mental health during the pandemic included emergency psychological crisis treatment, hotline assistance, online counseling service with mental care course, and outpatient consultation. Therefore, community mental health issues should be addressed with physical wellness. In addition, the community plays a key role in influencing stakeholders and governments, to increase the priority in supporting mental health.

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Mental Health Policy: Protecting Community Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Setyawan

2021

Journal of Public Health Research

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“…In China, relatively little has been reported on suicidal ideation or suicide attempts among the healthcare workers in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, despite a high level of psychological and mental disorders during the early phase of the outbreak. China has promptly launched a psychological intervention and mental health support system to cope with the widespread psychological stress during the COVID-19 pandemic[ 43 , 44 ]. Psychological assistance hotlines providing online psychological counselling services have been established by mental health professionals in medical institutions, universities, and academic societies throughout all provinces and regions in mainland China, which provide free 24-h services that were widely made available to the public and healthcare workers.…”

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Psychological and mental health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers in China: A review

Cai¹,

Lin²,

Hu³

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The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has put healthcare workers in an unprecedented situation, increasing their psychological and mental health distress. Much research has focused on the issues surrounding anxiety, depression, and stress among healthcare workers. The consequences of mental health problems on healthcare workers’ physical health, health-compromising behaviours, suicide ideation , family relationships, and job satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic are not well studied. Enhanced psychological stress has known effects on an individual’s physical health. In healthcare workers with pre-existing comorbidities, psychological stressors may exacerbate their current health problems. Healthcare professionals are known to have a high risk of substance use, hence they may be at risk of development of substance use addiction or vulnerable to addiction relapse. Frontline COVID-19 healthcare workers are being pushed above and beyond their limits , possibly resulting in suicidal tendencies. Furthermore, the burden of high workload and burnout may also have serious manifestations in relationships with family and an intention to quit their jobs . Future studies should explore the above-mentioned deleterious consequences to provide insight into the development of mental healthcare strategies to combat the psychological impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers during the COVID-19 emergency. It is imperative to employ strategies to care for and policies to protect the psychological well-being of healthcare workers.

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“…At the end of February, more than 500 psychiatrists from all over China had been sent to Wuhan by several provinces to provide on-site psychological assistance for front-line medical staff and critically ill patients with COVID-19 (42,45,54). As of March 27, a total of 625 hotlines were notified in 31 provinces across China, with over 200,000 calls answered (39).…”

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Policies to Improve the Mental Health of People Influenced by COVID-19 in China: A Scoping Review

Qiu

et al. 2020

Front. Psychiatry

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Background: In response to the potentially concurrent mental health crisis due to the COVID-19 outbreak, there have been ongoing mental health policies put in place in China. This review aims to systematically synthesize the implemented national-level mental health policies released by the Chinese government during the COVID-19 outbreak, and summarize the implementation of those mental health policies.Methods: Six databases and two websites were systematically searched, including published studies and gray literature published between December 1, 2019 and October 29, 2020.Results: A total of 40 studies were included. Among them, 19 were national-level policies on mental health released by the Chinese government, and 21 studies reported data on the implementation of those mental health policies. Mental health policies were issued for COVID-19 patients, suspected cases, medical staff, the general population, patients with mental illness, and mental institutions. In the early stage of the COVID-19 epidemic, attention was paid to psychological crisis intervention. In the later stage of the epidemic, the government focused mainly on psychological rehabilitation. During the COVID-19 outbreak, more than 500 psychiatrists from all over China were sent to Wuhan, about 625 hotlines were notified in 31 provinces, several online psychological consultation platforms were established, social software such as TikTok, Weibo, and WeChat were used for psychological education, and many books on mental health were published. Responding quickly, maximizing the use of resources, and emphasizing the importance of policy evaluation and implementation quality were characteristics of the mental health policies developed during the COVID-19 outbreak. Challenges facing China include a low rate of mental health service utilization, a lack of evaluation data on policy effects, and no existing national-level emergency response system and designated workforce to provide psychological crisis interventions during a national emergency or disaster.Conclusions: This review suggests that China has responded quickly and comprehensively to a possible mental health crisis during the COVID-19 outbreak, appropriate mental health policies were released for different members of the population. As the epidemic situation continues to change, the focus of mental health policies has been adjusted accordingly. However, we should note that there has been a lack of separate policies for specific mental health issues during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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China’s mental health support in response to COVID-19: progression, challenges and reflection

Cited by 31 publications

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Mental Health Policy: Protecting Community Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Mental Health Policy: Protecting Community Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Psychological and mental health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers in China: A review

Policies to Improve the Mental Health of People Influenced by COVID-19 in China: A Scoping Review

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