Andreas Frank1, Sophia Hörmann1, Julia Krombach1, Bastian Fatke1, Fabian Holzhüter1, Wolfgang Frank1, Rebecca Sondergeld1, Hans Förstl1, Patricia Hölzle1.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lock-down on patients with mental illness.
METHODS: Patients in inpatient or outpatient psychiatric treatment received a questionnaire, examining psychological distress and psychiatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
RESULTS: More than half of the patients indicated that the state of emergency had a negative impact on their mental illness. Severely ill patients were more affected.
CONCLUSION: Patients with mental illness are a particularly vulnerable group in the current crisis. Psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care needs to be adapted accordingly; the specific burden and distress needs to be examined actively in patients from all diagnostic groups. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
OBJECTIVE: This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lock-down on patients with mental illness.
METHODS: Patients in inpatient or outpatient psychiatric treatment received a questionnaire, examining psychological distress and psychiatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
RESULTS: More than half of the patients indicated that the state of emergency had a negative impact on their mental illness. Severely ill patients were more affected.
CONCLUSION: Patients with mental illness are a particularly vulnerable group in the current crisis. Psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care needs to be adapted accordingly; the specific burden and distress needs to be examined actively in patients from all diagnostic groups. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
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Year: 2020
PMID： 32542637 DOI： 10.1055/a-1179-4230
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychiatr Prax ISSN： 0303-4259