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.
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic forced psychiatric and mental healthcare services to adopt a set of public health measures aimed at limiting the risk of the spread of the virus
The PsyGipo2C project takes a particular interest in the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and psychiatry professionals in Europe
Four main thematic axes highlighting the most significant aspects of the psychiatric experiences of the healthcare professionals, and merit analysis is adapted here. These axes are the cessation of certain therapeutic activities, the adoption of new roles, questions surrounding the relevance of the public health measures, and the ways in which digital technology was used to adapt to the situation
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic forced psychiatric and mental healthcare services to adopt a set of public health measures aimed at limiting the risk of the spread of the virus. As other past pandemics have shown us, these wards are at risk of becoming sources of contamination due to group living arrangements and the vulnerability of the patients [1,2]. Adopted measures include wearing face masks, respecting minimal physical.
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