Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on a mental health educational campaign for the public

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane Ashley Pawluk ◽  
Monica Zolezzi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
The Public ◽  
Educational Campaign

scholarly journals Turkey’s response to COVID-19 in terms of mental health

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakan Öğütlü
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Population ◽  
Health System ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many ◽  
Intrinsic Strength

Coronavirus disease (also known as COVID-19) continues to spread throughout the world. In Turkey, which has a strong health system, most hospitals have been turned into pandemic hospitals, elective procedures have been postponed, and doctors have been reassigned to treat COVID-19. Efforts to limit spread of COVID-19 have been effective in reducing the spread of COVID-19. Behind this success was not only the intrinsic strength of the health system but also the strict changes in everyday life wrought by the crisis. It is an inescapable fact that these new measures, such as the imposition of curfew and lockdown, have had a significant effect on the mental health of the general population. Anxiety caused by COVID-19 has spread to the mental state of everyone. Although coronavirus-related diseases will end soon, it is predicted that serious psychiatric disorders will be a lasting consequence of the pandemic. Despite the many negatives brought by COVID-19, it has led to a positive unity between the public and healthcare professionals, and in spite of significant risks to their own health, healthcare workers have risen to the challenge of COVID-19.

scholarly journals COVID-19, psychosocial issues, politics, and public mental health care

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-303
Author(s):  
Anthony L Pillay ◽  
Anne L Kramers-Olen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Public Mental Health Care

The COVID-19 pandemic heralded challenges that were both significant and unfamiliar, placing inordinate burdens on health care systems, economies, and the collective psyche of citizens. The pandemic underscored the tenuous intersections between public mental health care, politics, economics, and psychosocial capital. In South Africa, the inadequacies of the public health system have been laid bare, and the disproportionate privileges of the private health care system exposed. This article critically considers government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the psychosocial correlates of lockdown, politics, corruption, and public mental health policy in South Africa.

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