Table 1.

Recommendations on psychiatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic issued by European Psychiatric Associations in March 2020.

Topic	Major recommendation
Organization of care for persons without pre-existing mental disorders
Psychosocial approach to persons in crisis, the effects of quarantine	Stress management for different population and for frontline medical workers working in COVID-19 units
Recommendations for medical professionals	Stress management for frontline medical workers working in COVID-19 units
Clinical management for patients with SARS-CoV-2 and mental health symptoms/problems	Recommendation for the use of psychopharmacology and therapeutic procedures; increased collaboration of frontline doctors and mental health professionals
Organization of care for persons with pre-existing mental disorders
Prevention of COVID-19 in psychiatric facilities	Strict adherence to epidemiological measures in psychiatric facilities
Telepsychiatry	Replacement of traditional face-to-face visits with online visits
Clinical management for patients with pre-existing mental health problems	Recommendations for the use of medication and procedures requiring long term use (long acting medication, substitution therapy in addiction disorders)
Child and adolescent psychiatry	Protection of mental health of children and adolescent, recommendation for the prevention of domestic violence
Old age psychiatry	Identification of risk factors for severe forms of COVID-19, recommendation for specific treatment in old age population
Forensic psychiatry	Prevention of COVID-19 outbreak in facilities
Preventive/social psychiatry
Call for transparent management Call for increasing solidarity, not the worry and fear Call for responsible news and programs in media Warning against possible discrimination towards psychiatric patients in COVID-19 wards	Decrease possible risk factors on mental health and wellbeing on the level of public health