• Australas Psychiatry · Oct 2020

    Supporting the vulnerable: developing a strategic community mental health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    • Sumana Thomson, Trung Doan, Dennis Liu, Klaus Oliver Schubert, Julian Toh, Mark A Boyd, and Cherrie Galletly.
    • Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, Australia.
    • Australas Psychiatry. 2020 Oct 1; 28 (5): 492-499.

    ObjectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic poses significant risks to the vulnerable patient population supported by community mental health (CMH) teams in South Australia. This paper describes a plan developed to understand and mitigate these risks.MethodsPublic health and psychiatric literature was reviewed and clinicians in CMH teams and infectious disease were consulted. Key risks posed by COVID-19 to CMH patients were identified and mitigation plans were prepared.ResultsA public health response plan for CMH teams was developed to support vulnerable individuals and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan will be reviewed regularly to respond to changes in public health recommendations, research findings and feedback from patients and clinicians.ConclusionsThe strategic response plan developed to address risks to vulnerable patients from COVID-19 can assist other CMH services in managing the COVID-19 pandemic.

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