New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, New York (Smith, Sullivan); Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City (Smith); Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City (Sullivan); Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (Druss). Marvin S. Swartz, M.D., and Steven Starks, M.D., are editors of this column.
Psychiatr Serv. 2021 May 1;72(5):602-605. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000400. Epub 2020 Dec 18.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted public mental health systems across the country, nowhere more than in New York State (NYS). The authors describe the NYS public health agency's response to the pandemic and offer ideas for redesigning public mental health systems post-COVID-19.
新冠疫情已经扰乱了全美各地的公共心理健康系统,其中以纽约州(NYS)最为严重。作者描述了 NYS 公共卫生机构对该疫情的反应,并为新冠疫情后的公共心理健康系统重新设计提供了思路。