[Comment] The challenges of planetary mental health in the COVID‑19 era

Tsamakis,Konstantinos; Dimitrakakis,Georgios; Stefanadi,Ellie; Tsiptsios,Dimitrios; Dimitrakaki,Inetzi A.; Mueller,Christoph; Spandidos,Demetrios A.; Stefanadis,Christodoulos; Rizos,Emmanouil

doi:10.3892/etm.2020.8927

[Comment] The challenges of planetary mental health in the COVID‑19 era

Authors:
- Konstantinos Tsamakis
- Georgios Dimitrakakis
- Ellie Stefanadi
- Dimitrios Tsiptsios
- Inetzi A. Dimitrakaki
- Christoph Mueller
- Demetrios A. Spandidos
- Christodoulos Stefanadis
- Emmanouil Rizos
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Affiliations: Second Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, ‘ATTIKON’ University Hospital, 12462 Athens, Greece, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK, Medical Center of Athens, 15125 Athens, Greece, Neurophysiology Department, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, Sunderland SR47TP, UK, Metropolitan Hospital of Athens, 18547 Athens, Greece, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London SE5 8AF, UK, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
Published online on: June 24, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.8927
Pages: 1843-1844
Copyright: © Tsamakis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

As the focus of the COVID‑19 crisis is gradually taken away from emergency healthcare needs, increased attention is warranted on the psychological impact of the pandemic on a global level. Existing guidance on managing the COVID‑19 related distress needs to be better informed by upcoming larger‑scale research. Applying e‑Health can be useful in dealing with the immediate psychological needs, while developing strategies to identify vulnerable populations and shifting the provision of mental health and social care to community services need to be prioritised when looking at the future. Focusing on global mental health during this universal crisis is an opportunity for promoting a more compassionate and less discriminating society.

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