Addiction psychiatry and COVID-19: impact on patients and service provision
Addiction psychiatry and COVID-19: impact on patients and service provision
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DOI：
10.1017/ipm.2020.47
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发表时间：
2020-09-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
O'Gara, C.
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作者：
Columb, D.;Hussain, R.;O'Gara, C.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行无疑对爱尔兰及全球的实体医疗服务产生重大影响。这一流行病对心理健康的影响不可低估，特别是对成瘾患者的影响。公众压力和焦虑程度的增加、日益孤立以及吸毒成瘾的身体后果，在药物滥用和行为成瘾的扩散和不断复发中发挥了很大作用。提供服务是一项持续的挑战，不仅是由于COVID-19造成的心理健康负担增加，对服务的需求不断增加，而且临床领域为实现社交距离而实施的限制。对服务提供的必要调整为分析我们成瘾单位使用的当前流程和为我们的服务引入新流程提供了机会。目前的危机考验了为这些病人提供所需的高水平护理服务的可持续性。
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has undoubtedly had a major impact on the provision of physical healthcare in Ireland and worldwide. The mental health impact of this pandemic cannot be underestimated, particularly relating to patients suffering from addiction. Heightened public stress and anxiety levels, increasing isolation and the physical consequences of addiction play a large role in the proliferation and ongoing relapse of substance misuse and behavioural addiction. Service provision is an ongoing challenge not only due to the increasing need for services given the increased mental health burden of COVID-19 but also the restrictions in place in clinical areas to achieve social distancing. The necessary adaptations to service provision provide opportunities for the analysis of current processes used in our addiction unit and the introduction of new processes to our service. The current crisis tests the sustainability of the service to provide the high standard of care required for these patients.