后疫情时代精神心理问题的挑战与应对

Challenges of and Responses to Mental Health Problems in the Post-COVID-19 Era

新型冠状病毒感染疫情(新冠疫情)暴发以来,新型冠状病毒持续变异,国内新发疫情不断出现,疫情防控形势依然严峻。新冠疫情不仅会影响患者的精神心理健康,还会导致家属、医务人员、大学生、青少年、儿童、甚至普通人群的精神心理问题明显增加。目前我国新冠疫情形势复杂,公众面临着病毒感染或再次感染的新威胁和疫情对个人的工作、学习、经济收入等各方面的严重影响,与疫情相关的精神心理问题仍非常突出。我国政府相关部门和卫生机构在实施疫情防控工作过程中,非常重视公众的心理健康工作,如何紧密配合我国疫情防控要求,提高我国突发公共卫生事件精神心理卫生服务水平,保证后疫情时代下公众的心理健康状况和幸福水平是当前的一项重要任务。本文在总结前期新冠疫情相关的精神心理问题的基础上,提出后疫情时代精神心理问题的应对策略。

Since the first outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19), prevention and control of the pandemic remains a grim issue because of the continuous emergence of new variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing COVID-19, and the constant emergence of new domestic outbreaks. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental and psychological problems have increased significantly among different populations, including patients of COVID-19 and their families, health workers, college students, adolescents,children, and even the general population. At present, the COVID-19 epidemic situation in China is rather complicated.The general population is confronted with a variety of challenges, including the threat of infection or reinfection, lower efficiency in study and work, and reduced incomes, and is hence experiencing many mental health problems related to the epidemic situation. Therefore, the relevant governmental departments and health institutions in China have attached high importance to the mental health issue in the process of implementing pandemic control measures of COVID-19. Close collaboration to implement the required epidemic prevention and control measures, improvements in the mental health services for public health emergencies in China, and commitment to the protection of the mental health and well-being of the people in the post-pandemic era have become the top priorities for now. Based on a review of the mental health problems related to COVID-19 pandemic, we suggested strategies to deal with mental health problems in the postCOVID-19 era.