Mitigating COVID-19 impact on the Portuguese population mental health: the opportunity that lies in Digital Mental Health (Preprint)
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UNSTRUCTURED COVID-19 mitigation measures present unprecedent challenges in mental healthcare delivery, posing high risk to the mental health of populations. Ensuring safe and equitable access to mental healthcare requires resorting to innovative psychosocial intervention strategies such as, Digital Mental Health. In this perspective piece, we discuss how timely implementation of a comprehensive Digital Mental Health strategy, coupling research, education, implementation and quality assessment initiatives, might strengthen the Portuguese mental healthcare system and, therefore, buffer COVID-19´s impact on the Portuguese society.
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2020 ◽
Vol 54
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pp. 1138-1138
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Vol 10
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pp. 144-161
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Vol 17
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pp. 29-44
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