Appendix Table 1. Impact on psychiatric patients and mental health professionals.
Subject | Impact |
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Patients with psychosis | ▪ Loss to follow-up ▪ Avoiding proper treatment ▪ More susceptible to infection ▪ More likely to become spreaders |
Patients with depression | ▪ Depression could be precipitated due to o Increasing stress o Disrupting normal routines and recreational activities o Social distancing o Decreased physical activity ▪ Anxiety about economic problem ▪ More prone to viral infection due to suppressed immunological function |
Patients with suicidality | ▪ Increasing rate of death by suicide due to o Unemployment o Social change o Economic recession o Financial problems |
Mental health professionals | ▪ Depression ▪ Anxiety ▪ Insomnia ▪ Posttraumatic stress disorder ▪ Burnout ▪ Moral injury ▪ Reduced workforce in psychiatric hospitals |