University of Duisburg-Essen, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LVR Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
City Administration of the city of Essen, Department of Health, 45127 Essen, Germany.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2020 Aug 18;42(3):649-650. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa053.
The SARS CoV-2-virus (COVID-19) pandemic is pushing national and international structures to their limits. Little is known about treatment options to combat the novel virus, but the same applies to the effects of COVID-19 on people's mental health. In Germany, as in many other countries, governmental actions impact peoples' individual freedom. These highly necessary actions to slow down the spread of the virus, however, are a burden to the community. We established a structured concept to support psychological burdened people in Essen, which is located in the Ruhr area, a metropolitan region with more than 5.1 million inhabitants in the heart of the federal state North Rhine Westphalia. The psychological burden following the spread of the virus and individual restrictions should not be neglected.
SARS CoV-2 病毒（COVID-19）大流行正在使国家和国际结构达到极限。对抗这种新型病毒的治疗选择知之甚少，但 COVID-19 对人们心理健康的影响也是如此。在德国，和许多其他国家一样，政府的行动影响着人们的个人自由。然而，为了减缓病毒的传播而采取的这些非常必要的行动，给社会带来了负担。我们在埃森（Essen）建立了一个结构化的概念，以支持位于鲁尔区（Ruhr area）的心理负担沉重的人。埃森是北莱茵-威斯特法伦州（North Rhine Westphalia）中心的一个大都市区，拥有超过 510 万居民。病毒传播和个人限制带来的心理负担不应被忽视。
