Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Front Public Health. 2020 Dec 17;8:592618. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.592618. eCollection 2020.
Health systems worldwide are challenged by the coronavirus pandemic and all medical specialties have struggle to meet the conflicting requirements for virus containment on the one hand and treatment of other medical conditions on the other. This holds true also for psychiatry. , psychiatric patients are highly vulnerable to suffer from social isolation and loneliness. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown measures, unfortunately, this vulnerability is even further increased. As a part of its pandemic risk management, the outpatient clinic of the Psychiatric District Hospital Regensburg launched an online blog as a means of assisting patients who were required to stay home. Aim of the blog was to stay by patients' side in those uncertain times by offering an online connection to their therapists, by providing important information about the pandemic situation, by offering some ideas on how to build a daily routine and how to meaningfully spend their time at home during the lockdown. We also aimed at involving patients as experts in their own affairs by inviting them to contribute to the blog's shape and content. As a result of coordinated team effort, it was possible to launch a blog within few days, and this was perceived helpful by many patients. Overall, however, patient involvement turned out to be a challenge requiring more attention in future work.
全球的卫生系统都面临着冠状病毒大流行的挑战，所有医学专业都在努力应对一方面控制病毒，另一方面治疗其他疾病的相互矛盾的要求。精神病学也是如此。精神疾病患者极易受到社会隔离和孤独的影响。由于 COVID-19 大流行和封锁措施，不幸的是，这种脆弱性进一步加剧了。作为其大流行风险管理的一部分，雷根斯堡地区精神病院的门诊诊所推出了一个在线博客，作为帮助需要留在家中的患者的一种手段。该博客的目的是在这些不确定的时期通过与治疗师建立在线联系，提供有关大流行情况的重要信息，提供一些关于如何建立日常生活以及如何在封锁期间有意义地度过在家时间的想法，来陪伴患者。我们还旨在通过邀请患者作为自己事务的专家参与到博客的形式和内容中来，让患者参与进来。通过协调的团队努力，我们能够在几天内推出一个博客，许多患者认为这很有帮助。然而，总的来说，患者的参与结果证明是一个挑战，需要在未来的工作中给予更多关注。
