Design and Implementation of a Regional Inpatient Psychiatry Unit for Patients who are Positive for Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2

Autor: James B. Potash, Bernadette Cullen, Andrew F. Angelino, Constantine G. Lyketsos, M. Shafeeq Ahmed
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
medicine.medical_specialty
Pneumonia
Viral
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Psychiatric Department
Hospital
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Betacoronavirus
0302 clinical medicine
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Pandemic
medicine
Infection control
Humans
Hospital Design and Construction
Medical prescription
Personal protective equipment
Asymptomatic Infections
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment
Applied Psychology
Infection Control
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Mental Disorders
Psychosomatic medicine
COVID-19
Visitors to Patients
Mental health
Ventilation
030227 psychiatry
Hospitalization
Psychiatry and Mental health
Involuntary Commitment
Infectious disease (medical specialty)
Family medicine
Psychotherapy
Group
Recreation
Involuntary commitment
business
Coronavirus Infections
Hospital Units
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: Psychosomatics
ISSN: 1545-7206
Popis: BACKGROUND: Patients with psychiatric illnesses are particularly vulnerable to highly contagious, droplet-spread organisms such as SARS-CoV-2. Patients with mental illnesses may not be able to consistently follow up behavioral prescriptions to avoid contagion, and they are frequently found in settings with close contact and inadequate infection control, such as group homes, homeless shelters, residential rehabilitation centers, and correctional facilities. Furthermore, inpatient psychiatry settings are generally designed as communal spaces, with heavy emphasis on group and milieu therapies. As such, inpatient psychiatry services are vulnerable to rampant spread of contagion. OBJECTIVE: With this in mind, the authors outline the decision process and ultimate design and implementation of a regional inpatient psychiatry unit for patients infected with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 and share key points for consideration in implementing future units elsewhere. CONCLUSION: A major takeaway point of the analysis is the particular expertise of trained experts in psychosomatic medicine for treating patients infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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