Grover Sandeep, Mehra Aseem, Sahoo Swapnajeet, Avasthi Ajit, Tripathi Adarsh, D'Souza Avinash, Saha Gautam, Jagadhisha A, Gowda Mahesh, Vaishnav Mrugesh, Singh Omprakash, Dalal P K, Kumar Parmod
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Mohali, Punjab, India.
Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2020 Jul-Aug;62(4):363-369. doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_567_20. Epub 2020 Jul 27.
There is some information from different developed coutries that mental health services have been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Little information is available from India.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of lockdown and COVID-19 pandemic on mental health services in India's various training centers.
In an online survey, information was collected from various training centers of India through E-mail or WhatsApp.
Responses were received from 109 institutes. The majority of the responses were received from state-funded government medical colleges and private medical colleges. Since the lockdown and COVID-19 pandemic, brain stimulation treatments have completed stopped. Other, most affected services included electroconvulsive therapy, inpatient services, outpatient services, and psychotherapy services. However, there was an expansion of teleconsultations services because of the lockdown and the COVID-19 pandemic. In three-fourth of the centers mental health services were being provided to the patients with COVID-19 infection. In most of the institutes, mental health professionals were involved at different levels in the COVID-19 responsibilities. These included providing helpline services to the general public, screening people in quarantine for mental health issues, providing clinical care to COVID-19 patients, screening health care workers (HCWs) for mental health issues, and training the HCWs.
COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown have led to the collapse of regular mental health services. The present study also shows that mental health professionals are playing a significant role in addressing the prevailing psychiatric morbidity, specifically related to the COVID-19 related issues, and taking care of the HCWs.
来自不同发达国家的一些信息表明，心理健康服务受到了新冠疫情的严重影响。而来自印度的相关信息较少。
本研究旨在评估封锁措施和新冠疫情对印度各培训中心心理健康服务的影响。
在一项在线调查中，通过电子邮件或WhatsApp从印度的各培训中心收集信息。
共收到109家机构的回复。大部分回复来自政府资助的国立医学院和私立医学院。自实施封锁措施及新冠疫情以来，脑刺激治疗已完全停止。其他受影响最大的服务包括电休克治疗、住院服务、门诊服务和心理治疗服务。然而，由于封锁措施和新冠疫情，远程会诊服务有所增加。四分之三的中心为新冠病毒感染患者提供心理健康服务。在大多数机构中，心理健康专业人员在不同层面参与了新冠疫情相关工作。这些工作包括为公众提供热线服务、对隔离人员进行心理健康问题筛查、为新冠患者提供临床护理、对医护人员进行心理健康问题筛查以及培训医护人员。
新冠疫情和封锁措施导致常规心理健康服务陷入瘫痪。本研究还表明，心理健康专业人员在应对当前的精神疾病发病率，特别是与新冠疫情相关的问题以及照顾医护人员方面发挥着重要作用。
