Rohilla Jitendra, Tak Pinki, Jhanwar Shubham, Hasan Shazia
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Science, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Science, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Jul 30;9(7):3189-3194. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_513_20. eCollection 2020 Jul.
As the world struggles to control coronavirus infection with the exhausting capacity of health care systems globally, the role of primary care physician and family physician becomes more important as the first point of contact with the community. Limited availability of mental health services in India requires general practitioners to deal with psychological disorders arising due to infection outbreak and its restrictive control strategies. This article discusses what and how primary physicians can manage the psychological burden of a pandemic, and therefore, reducing the reliance on mental health specialist.
在全球医疗保健系统竭尽全力控制新冠病毒感染之际,基层医疗医生和家庭医生作为与社区的首个接触点,其作用变得更为重要。印度心理健康服务的可及性有限,这就要求全科医生应对因疫情爆发及其限制性防控策略而引发的心理障碍。本文探讨了基层医生能够管理大流行心理负担的内容及方式,从而减少对心理健康专家的依赖。