Pandemics and psychiatry: Repositioning research in context of COVID-19.

Pandemics and psychiatry: Repositioning research in context of COVID-19.
Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 May 07;51:102159
Authors: Keshavan MS
Abstract
The current Covid-19 pandemic is posing an unprecedented threat to global well-being and its mental health consequences are just becoming understood. While the crisis has led to a temporary halt in a lot of ongoing or planned psychiatric research, this pandemic is a natural experiment that can help the field to repurpose research to better understand the causes, presentations and outcome trajectories as well as treatments in psychiatry. Inter-disciplinary collaborations between researchers are needed to rapidly develop and share the emerging new knowledge of the mental health implications of Covid-19, This will help mount an effective response to the current as well as future pandemics.
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Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - May 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Asian J Psychiatr Source Type: research