[Ensuring mental health care during the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in France: A narrative review].

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The lack of ressources and coordination to face the epidemic of coronavirus raises concerns for the health of patients with mental disorders in a country where we keep in memory the dramatic experience of famine in psychiatric hospitals during the Second World War. This article aims at proposing guidance to ensure mental health care during the SARS-CoV epidemy in France.

Methods

Authors performed a narrative review identifying relevant results in the scientific and medical literature and local initiatives in France.

Results

We identified four types of major vulnerabilities in patients suffering from mental disorders during this pandemic: (1) medical comorbidities that are more frequently found in patients suffering from mental disorders (cardiovascular and p

SUBMITTER: Chevance A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7130411 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature