Mental health services for mood disorder outpatients in Milan during COVID-19 outbreak: The experience of the health care providers at San Raffaele hospital

The spread of COVID-19 throughout Italy, particularly Lombardy, led to adopt quarantine measures, known to exacerbate pre-existing psychiatric conditions. We described a telephone-based surveillance on 101 euthymic Mood Disorder outpatients in Milan by a non-standardized survey to evaluate reactions...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2020-10, Vol.292, p.113317-113317, Article 113317
Main Authors: Franchini, Linda, Ragone, Nicola, Seghi, Federico, Barbini, Barbara, Colombo, Cristina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Anxiety - epidemiology
Anxiety - psychology
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - psychology
COVID-19
Disorder-lockdown-covid-19
Female
Health Personnel - psychology
Humans
Length of Stay
Male
Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Mood
Mood Disorders - epidemiology
Mood Disorders - psychology
Outpatients - psychology
Outpatients - statistics & numerical data
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - psychology
Population Surveillance - methods
Quarantine - psychology
SARS-CoV-2
Short Communication
Surveys and Questionnaires
Telephone
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Summary:The spread of COVID-19 throughout Italy, particularly Lombardy, led to adopt quarantine measures, known to exacerbate pre-existing psychiatric conditions. We described a telephone-based surveillance on 101 euthymic Mood Disorder outpatients in Milan by a non-standardized survey to evaluate reactions to lockdown measures and the presence of quarantine stressors. Frustration was the most represented quarantine stressor. Being jobless was significantly related to the presence of frustration, somatization, increased alertness, psychic anxiety and low mood; younger age to the presence of psychic anxiety, alertness and financial concerns. No recurrences were observed at the time of writing.
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113317