关键词:

新冠疫情, 心理健康, 压力源, 易感群体, 心理健康服务体系

Abstract:

Empirical evidences based on samples from various countries show that the COVID-19 epidemic has dramatically increased the occurrence of psychological symptoms such as depression, anxiety and stress, and may negatively impact the adaptive function of the human body over time. In particular, COVID-19 affects mental health via a series of stressors which infiltrate all aspects of life threaten the most basic physiological, safety, and belonging needs. The conditions engendered by the epidemic have resulted in many vulnerable groups suffering  damage to their mental health. The “weakness” of China’s mental health service system, especially its uneven distribution of medical resources and the shortage of professional psychotherapy and counseling talents, make it extremely difficult to meet the challenge of spiking mental health problems and demand for psychotherapy after the epidemic. To this end, the top priority is to maximize the mental health services that the whole society can provide improve the health care sector’s ability to meet the needs of ordinary people seeking psychotherapy by means of various technologies, policy instruments and resource integration. At the same time, health policy departments should seize development opportunities after the epidemic to establish and improve China’s mental health service system.

Key words:

COVID-19 epidemic, mental health, stressors, susceptible groups, mental health service system