Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York (Sullivan, Spears, Mitchell, Goodman); Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York (Sullivan, Goodman); Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York (Bell, Spears).
Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Jan 1;72(1):89-90. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000261. Epub 2020 Oct 27.
COVID-19 has affected many people worldwide. Beyond the physical symptoms brought on by this virus, it has adversely affected those without the illness through isolation, social distancing, and changes in job and housing security. Clinicians are trying to address the mental health needs of millions of strained Americans with and without COVID-19 and are operating without a systematic strategy. Informed by the authors' experiences during the pandemic, this Open Forum attempts to answer two questions: What are the specific considerations in working with economically compromised Hispanic/Latino and Black/African American populations with mental illness? How can mental health providers and researchers best help?
COVID-19 已影响全球许多人。除了这种病毒带来的身体症状外，它还通过隔离、社交距离和工作及住房保障的改变，对那些没有患病的人造成了负面影响。临床医生正在努力解决患有和不患有 COVID-19 的数百万美国人的心理健康需求，而他们没有一个系统的策略。受作者在大流行期间经验的启发，本公开论坛试图回答两个问题：在为经济拮据的西班牙裔/拉丁裔和非裔/非裔美国人的精神疾病患者提供服务时需要考虑哪些具体因素？心理健康服务提供者和研究人员如何才能提供最大帮助？
