Hashmi Ali M, Saleem Haider Ali
Ali M. Hashmi, MBBS, MD, DABPN, FAPA Associate Professor of Psychiatry, King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Haider Ali Saleem, MBBS. Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2020 May;36(COVID19-S4):S95-S98. doi: 10.12669/pjms.36.COVID19-S4.2792.
This manuscript reviews the current state of knowledge about the burden of mental illness and assesses the impact of COVID-19 illness on mental health in Pakistan. For this we analyzed secondary data obtained from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study draws from a wide range of data sources to quantify global and regional effects of a disease. We also did a literature search on the effects of COVID-19 illness on mental health and the psychosocial effects of COVID-19 and other Corona virus related illnesses such as SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. Data from the studies obtained was utilized to extrapolate the anticipated effects of COVID-19 illness on healthcare workers, COVID-19 patients and the general public in Pakistan. Mental illness poses a significant challenge to Pakistan's under resourced health care system. COVID-19 has the potential to strain Pakistan's healthcare system to the breaking point. So far, the general morbidity from COVID-19 illness in Pakistan has been low compared to other countries but this could change in the coming weeks and months. Hidden within this crisis are also some opportunities for both healthcare and education.
本手稿回顾了关于精神疾病负担的当前知识状况，并评估了新冠病毒疾病对巴基斯坦心理健康的影响。为此，我们分析了从健康指标与评估研究所获得的二手数据。全球疾病负担（GBD）研究借鉴了广泛的数据来源，以量化一种疾病的全球和区域影响。我们还对新冠病毒疾病对心理健康的影响以及新冠病毒和其他冠状病毒相关疾病（如严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒和中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒）的社会心理影响进行了文献检索。利用从这些研究中获得的数据来推断新冠病毒疾病对巴基斯坦医护人员、新冠患者和公众的预期影响。精神疾病给巴基斯坦资源不足的医疗保健系统带来了重大挑战。新冠病毒有可能使巴基斯坦的医疗保健系统不堪重负。到目前为止，与其他国家相比，巴基斯坦新冠病毒疾病的总体发病率一直较低，但在未来几周和几个月内这种情况可能会改变。在这场危机中还潜藏着医疗和教育方面的一些机遇。
