Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Front Public Health. 2021 Jan 20;8:589264. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.589264. eCollection 2020.
Lebanon's management of the COVID-19 pandemic is largely being maneuvered amid the country's escalating triple fold crisis. As the country continues to grapple with political stagnation, a dwindling economy and currency, all while working through an ongoing refugee crisis, mental health in times of Coronavirus in Lebanon remains unaddressed. This piece explores the effects of this triple fold crisis upon the mental health of the country's refugees and most vulnerable groups, and provides room for discussions on the potential benefits of telemental health as an intervention in low-income and conflict settings. Although the implementation of TMH services in Lebanon among vulnerable communities in times of COVID-19 is not a priority, this piece insists it would ultimately fill a substantial mental health gap during the country's ongoing difficult transitory period.
黎巴嫩对 COVID-19 大流行的管理主要是在该国不断升级的三重危机中进行的。随着该国继续应对政治停滞、经济和货币不断萎缩,同时应对持续的难民危机,在黎巴嫩冠状病毒时期,心理健康问题仍然没有得到解决。本文探讨了这三重危机对该国难民和最弱势群体心理健康的影响,并为在低收入和冲突环境中作为干预措施的远程心理健康的潜在好处提供了讨论空间。尽管在 COVID-19 期间,向脆弱社区提供 TMH 服务在黎巴嫩并不是当务之急,但本文坚持认为,在该国当前困难的过渡时期,它最终将填补一个实质性的心理健康空白。