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Scaling up Global Mental Health Services During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond Publisher Pubmed



Adiukwu F1, 2 ; De Filippis R3 ; Orsolini L4 ; Bytyci DG5 ; Shoib S6 ; Ransing R7 ; Slaih M8 ; Jaguga F9 ; Handuleh JIM10 ; Ojeahere MI11 ; Ullah I12 ; Karaliuniene R13 ; Nagendrappa S14 ; Vahdani B15 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Adiukwu F1, 2
  2. De Filippis R3
  3. Orsolini L4
  4. Bytyci DG5
  5. Shoib S6
  6. Ransing R7
  7. Slaih M8
  8. Jaguga F9
  9. Handuleh JIM10
  10. Ojeahere MI11
  11. Ullah I12
  12. Karaliuniene R13
  13. Nagendrappa S14
  14. Vahdani B15
  15. Ashrafi A16
  16. Ori D17
  17. Noel C18
  18. Abbass Z19
  19. Jatchavala C20
  20. Da Costa MP21, 22
  21. Essam L23
  22. Vadivel R24
  23. Shalbafan M25
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  2. 2. Department of Mental Health, University of PortHarcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  3. 3. Psychiatric Unit, Department ofHealth Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
  4. 4. Unit of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
  5. 5. Hospital and University Clinical Service of Kosovo, Prizren, Serbia
  6. 6. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, India
  7. 7. B.K.L. Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Sawarde, India
  8. 8. National Center for Mental Health, Jordanian Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan
  9. 9. Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
  10. 10. Saint Pauls Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  11. 11. Department of Psychiatry, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria
  12. 12. Kabir Medical College, Gandhara University, Naseer Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan
  13. 13. Elblandklinkum Radebeul, Academic Hospital, Technical University, Dresden, Germany
  14. 14. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
  15. 15. Department of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  16. 16. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  17. 17. Department of Mental Health, Heim Pal National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary
  18. 18. Universitaire Libre de Bruxelles, Department of Child Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Saint Pierre, Brussels, Belgium
  19. 19. Center for Behavioral Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, United States
  20. 20. Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
  21. 21. Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neurosciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
  22. 22. Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  23. 23. El Demerdash Teaching Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
  24. 24. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Waikato District Health Board, Hamilton, New Zealand
  25. 25. Mental Health Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Psychiatric Services Published:2022


Abstract

Every health care system requires an adequate health care workforce, service delivery, financial support, and information technology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, global health systems were ill prepared to address the rising prevalence of mental health problems, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), thereby increasing treatment gaps. To close these gaps globally, task shifting and telepsychiatry should bemade available andmaximized, particularly in LMICs. Task shifting to nonspecialist health workers to improve essential mental health coverage and encourage efficient use of the available resources and technology has become the most viable strategy. © 2022 American Psychiatric Association. All rights reserved.