Psychosocial Support during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Korea: Activities of Multidisciplinary Mental Health Professionals.

This study presented the anecdotal records that provided a detailed process of the multidisciplinary teamwork in mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. Psychosocial support is no less important than infection control during an epidemic, and collaboration and networking are at the core of disaster management. Thus, a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals was immediately established and has collaborated effectively with its internal and external stakeholders for psychosocial support during the COVID-19 outbreak.
PMID: 32508070 [PubMed - in process]

Source: J Korean Med Sci - June 7, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hyun J, You S, Sohn S, Kim SJ, Bae J, Baik M, Cho IH, Choi H, Choi KS, Chung CS, Jeong C, Joo H, Kim E, Kim H, Kim HS, Ko J, Lee JH, Lee SM, Lee SH, Chung US Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research