General measures	Out-patient care	In-patient care	Therapies	Staff	COVID ward
Phase I	Events postponed Teaching cancelled Electroencephalogram (EEG)/ electrocardiogram (ECG) ✓ ECT ✓	Hygienic measures Separate room, wearing of face mask Screening questions about possible SARS-CoV-2 infection at first contact	Hygienic measures No therapy restrictions	Psychotherapy/occupational therapy/ physical therapy/ social services/ addiction treatment/ supervision: fully available	Hygienic measures Staff with risk region contacts: 14-day quarantine	−/−
Phase II	Patient contact restricted Visiting ban EEG/EKG ✓ ECT ✓	Emergencies Cases that prevent in-patient admissions	Reduction of therapy group size (2 m distance!) Reduction of therapy content (no sports, cooking and so on)	Psychotherapy: groups across wards cancelled, groups within wards reduced (2 m distance!), individual sessions where possible Occupational therapy/physical therapy: 1 session/week Social services: available, 2 m distance, hygienic measures, no bodily contact Addiction therapy limited to detoxification Supervision	Protective mask obligatory Back-up rules for doctors Home office options	−/−
Phase III	Protective mask obligatory ECT ✓ Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for staff and patients	Entry controls, screening	Isolation measures in suspicious cases Preparation of Psychiatric COVID ward	Reduced multimodal therapy programme, see phase II Telemedicine psychotherapy Crisis management via telephone	Protective mask obligatory Team-building preparations/ emergency Team A: direct patient care; Team B: home office Mobilisation of medical students Crisis intervention for staff via telephone Daily conference calls for staff	Close interaction with internal ward Daily testing available Oxygen administration available
Phase IV	Consideration of ethical issues Patients provision, healthcare proxy Dealing with fatality/death	See phase III		Further reduction of multimodal therapy programme Telemedicine for basic psychotherapy	Crisis intervention for staff via telephone	COVID ward: Mental disorder plus positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis PCR testing
				Multimodal therapy programme cancelled Preparation for psychosocial rehabilitation ward	Shifting of staff	Mass epidemic: Any disorder plus positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis Internal medicine care prioritised
				−/−	Further shifting of staff	Emergency plan: coping with high numbers of patients
Phase V	Phase V is considered as a long-term period (>2 years). Patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection are expected to continuously present at the Psychiatric Hospital