TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of Colombian psychiatrists in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Cano, Juan Fernando
AU - González-Díaz, Jairo Mario
AU - Vallejo-Silva, Alexie
AU - Alzate-García, Marcela
AU - Córdoba-Rojas, Rodrigo Nel
N1 - Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U.
PY - 2021/9/5
Y1 - 2021/9/5
N2 - INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on multiple levels, one being the way of providing mental health care services. A study was proposed in order to identify the standpoints regarding the role we must assume as psychiatrists in the setting of this pandemic in Colombia.METHODS: A study was developed employing a Delphi-type methodology. Three types of psychiatrist were included for the application of the instrument: directors of academic psychiatry programmes, directors of mental health institutions and private practitioners.RESULTS: Responses were collected over the course of a month (between April and May) by 24 participants corresponding to 14 private practitioners (58.3%), 6 heads of academic programmes (25.1%) and 4 directors of mental health services (16.6%). The results, grouped around the psychiatric work, describe the impact generated by the pandemic and the possible role of the specialist.CONCLUSIONS: Consistency was identified around the need to provide a differential approach according to the vulnerabilities of each group of people exposed to the pandemic; as well as the remote provision of health care through technology, often using videoconferencing.
AB - INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on multiple levels, one being the way of providing mental health care services. A study was proposed in order to identify the standpoints regarding the role we must assume as psychiatrists in the setting of this pandemic in Colombia.METHODS: A study was developed employing a Delphi-type methodology. Three types of psychiatrist were included for the application of the instrument: directors of academic psychiatry programmes, directors of mental health institutions and private practitioners.RESULTS: Responses were collected over the course of a month (between April and May) by 24 participants corresponding to 14 private practitioners (58.3%), 6 heads of academic programmes (25.1%) and 4 directors of mental health services (16.6%). The results, grouped around the psychiatric work, describe the impact generated by the pandemic and the possible role of the specialist.CONCLUSIONS: Consistency was identified around the need to provide a differential approach according to the vulnerabilities of each group of people exposed to the pandemic; as well as the remote provision of health care through technology, often using videoconferencing.
U2 - 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2021.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2021.08.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 34479844
SN - 2530-3120
VL - 50
SP - 184
EP - 188
JO - Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)
JF - Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.)
IS - 3
ER -
