Lead Consultant in the COVID Test, Trace and Protect Hub, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales, UK.
Visiting Professor, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Ir J Psychol Med. 2023 Mar;40(1):9-12. doi: 10.1017/ipm.2021.16. Epub 2021 Feb 15.
COVID-19 has presented society with a public health threat greater than any in living memory, leaving us to question almost every aspect of our society. An ever increasing concern is how we protect the global population from mental illness and whether public mental health policies can achieve this. In this article I reflect on the history of mental health service development, and furthermore on how COVID-19 might impact on the delivery of public mental health strategies into the future.
COVID-19 给社会带来了前所未有的公共卫生威胁,让我们几乎对社会的各个方面都产生了质疑。人们越来越关注的是,我们如何保护全球人口免受精神疾病的影响,以及公共心理健康政策是否能够做到这一点。在本文中,我反思了精神卫生服务发展的历史,以及 COVID-19 可能对未来公共心理健康策略的实施产生的影响。