Remote crisis intervention and suicide risk management in COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the propagation of virtual mental health services for vulnerable groups during COVID-19 pandemic, the implementation and evaluation of remote evidence-based practices (EBP) to manage them in low- and middle-income countries remains scarce. In the current study, we describe and evaluate the implementation process and clinical impact of brief, remote, manualized EBP for crisis intervention and suicide risk management among healthcare workers attending patients with COVID-19 (COVID-19-HCWs) in Mexico.

Methods

The implementation process comprised community engagement of volunteer mental health specialists, creation of new clinical teams with different disciplines and skills, intervention systematization through manuals and education through 4-h remote traini

SUBMITTER: Robles R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10645097 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature