Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma

How to deal with the mental health consequences of global health emergencies? A nutshell of telemental health services and its requirements

Document Type : Perspective

Authors

Nazanin Jannati 1
Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi 2, 3
Roghayeh Ershad Sarab 4
Simin Salehinejad 5

1 Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

2 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

3 Department of Health Management, Policy and Economics, Faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

4 Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

5 Health in disasters and Emergencies Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

https://doi.org/10.34172/jept.2021.14
Abstract
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health crisis of our time. The mental health and wellbeing of whole societies have been severely impacted by this crisis and are a priority to be addressed urgently. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in many countries worldwide. One way to overcome this situation is to use Telemental health services and people can take advantage of these services to meet their mental health needs. However, there are some barriers to provide Telemental health services, which should be considered by policymakers before the crisis.

Keywords

COVID-19
Mental health
Telemental health services
Pandemic
Subjects
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Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma
Volume 7, Issue 2
July 2021
Pages 127-129

  • Receive Date 28 March 2021
  • Revise Date 28 April 2021
  • Accept Date 05 May 2021

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