COVID-19 and its implications for individuals with severe mental disorders and dementia

摘要

COVID-19, first diagnosed in December 2019, has raised numerous challenges for publichealth, clinical research, and healthcare in the global population. The continuing spread of thecoronavirus is accompanied by new stressors, including risks to physical and psychologicalhealth, isolation and loneliness, closing of companies and1 schools, loss of jobs, and economicvulnerability. The pandemic’s effects, restrictions on social and occupational life, and contactwith health systems will last for a long time and affect everyone.