Pelizza Lorenzo, Pupo Simona
Department of Mental Health and Pathological Addiction, Azienda USL di Parma, Parma, Italy.
Anesthesia and Resuscitation Service, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy.
J Patient Exp. 2020 Oct;7(5):642-644. doi: 10.1177/2374373520956857. Epub 2020 Oct 21.
The COVID-19 pandemic has crosses every health care area (from primary care to specialist ones), leading to a review of all public health policies. The use of smart working allows important technological innovations, but it must be accompanied by a review of hospital and residential programs and locations. Since many institution are talking about economic investments for mental health (a crucial area for a full recovery of the society), specific funds are needed in mental health professionals (eg, psychologists), skills, and innovation of locations and technology, such as the conversion of psychiatric wards to community services that carefully must consider the patient experience and clinician's point of view. Some considerations on the COVID-19 experience in Italy are reported, and suggestions on future directions for public mental health service organization are hypothesized.
新冠疫情已波及医疗保健的各个领域(从初级保健到专科领域),促使人们对所有公共卫生政策进行审视。远程办公的应用带来了重要的技术创新,但这必须伴随着对医院和住院项目及场所的重新审视。鉴于许多机构都在讨论对心理健康(这是社会全面复苏的关键领域)的经济投资,因此在心理健康专业人员(如心理学家)、技能以及场所和技术创新方面需要专项资金,比如将精神科病房转变为社区服务时,必须充分考虑患者体验和临床医生的观点。本文报告了对意大利新冠疫情经历的一些思考,并对公共心理健康服务组织未来的发展方向提出了假设。