COVID-19 and Physical Distancing Measures: Experience of Psychiatric Professionals in Europe.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 19(4)2022 02 16.
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ABSTRACT
A The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on the organization of psychiatric care. The present study examines how care professionals experienced this period and faced these new constraints weighing on their professional practices. Based on a qualitative research methodology, 13 group interviews with healthcare professionals working in psychiatric wards were conducted in five countries in western Europe. To complement this, 31 individual interviews were carried out in Belgium and France. Public health measures hindered certain therapeutic activities, jeopardized communication, and obliged healthcare professionals to modify and adapt their practices. Confronted with a transformation of their usual roles, healthcare professionals feared a deterioration in the quality of care. Impossible to continue in-person care practices, they resorted to online videoconferencing which went against their idea of care in which the encounter holds an essential place. The lockdown contradicted efforts to co-build care pathways toward readaptation, social reintegration, and recovery, thus reviving the perception of psychiatric hospitalization based on isolation.
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Texte intégral:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
COVID-19
Type d'étude:
Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Limites:
Humans
Pays/Région comme sujet:
Europa
Langue:
En
Journal:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Année:
2022
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
France