Article ; Online: Flattening the emotional distress curve: A behavioral health pandemic response strategy for COVID-19.
2020 Volume 75, Issue 7, Page(s) 875–886
Abstract: ... model. It includes six phases of a behavioral health pandemic response strategy: preplanning, response ... This article proposes a framework for managing the behavioral health impacts of the COVID-19 global ... the flattening of the curve of disease spread, along with the corresponding emotional distress curve. A case ...
| Abstract | This article proposes a framework for managing the behavioral health impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic. This framework aligns and should be integrated with an existing public health pandemic intervals model. It includes six phases of a behavioral health pandemic response strategy: preplanning, response readiness, response mobilization, intervention, continuation, and amelioration. The ways behavioral health specialists can capitalize on their competence in the leadership, prevention, education, service, research, and advocacy domains within each behavioral health pandemic response phase are articulated. Behavioral health expertise can help ensure a more comprehensive, effective pandemic response that facilitates the flattening of the curve of disease spread, along with the corresponding emotional distress curve. A case illustration, the Caring Communities (CC) initiative, is offered as an exemplar of action steps in the leadership, prevention, education, service, research, and advocacy domains that behavioral health professionals can take within each of the behavioral health pandemic response phases. Key CC action steps include providing support groups, offering virtual wellness breaks, participating in educational outreach, creating and disseminating wellness guides, launching and leading a virtual behavioral health clinic for health care staff, participating in behavioral health research and program evaluation, and engaging in advocacy initiatives aimed at improving behavioral health care and addressing and reducing health disparities. Finally, recommendations for optimizing behavioral health contributions to future pandemic responses are proffered. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| MeSH term(s) | COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control ; Health Planning/organization & administration ; Humans ; Mental Disorders/therapy ; Mental Health Services/organization & administration ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control ; Psychological Distress ; Public Health |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-06-15 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 209464-2 |
| ISSN | 1935-990X ; 0003-066X |
| ISSN (online) | 1935-990X |
| ISSN | 0003-066X |
| DOI | 10.1037/amp0000694 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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