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Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak…
Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak
For people in isolation
Pay attention
to
needs
feelings
Seek information updates
at
specific times
from
health professionals
Stay connected
and
maintain your social networks
keep your personal daily routines
or
create new routines
For the general population
Acknowledge the role
of
healthcare workers
in
saving live
keeping your loved ones safe
Dont refer to people with the disease as
Victims
COVID-19 families
COVID-19 cases
Find opportunities
to
amplify
positive and hopeful stories
positive images of local people with COVID-19
Protect yourself
and
be supportive to others
Minimize exposition to news about COVID-19
that feel
anxious
distressed
and
seek information only from trusted sources
take practical steps to prepare your plans
Be empathetic to all those who are affected, in and from any country
For healthcare workers
Take care of yourself
using strategies
ensuring sufficient
rest
respite
eat healthy food
engage in physical activity
stay in contact
family
friends
Support to people affected by COVID-19 and know
how to link them with available resources
stay connected with your loved ones
use digital methods
Turn to
colleagues
manager
other trusted person
for social support
Manage
mental health
important as physical health
psychosocial well-being
share messages with people
intellectual
disabilities
cognitive
psychosocial
For older adults, people with underlying health conditions and their carers
Older adults
Provide practical and emotional support
through
informal networks (families)
health professionals.
Underlying health
make sure to have
access to any medications
Activate your social contacts
to provide you with assistance
know in advance
where and how to get practical help if needed
like calling a taxi
having food delivered
requesting medical care
Learn physical exercises
to be
maintain mobility
reduce boredom
Keep regular routines and schedules
such as
regular exercising
cleaning
daily chores
singing
painting
other activities
For carers of children
Maintain familiar routines
or
create new routines
Discuss COVID-19 with your children
in
an honest and age-appropriate
way
Keep children close
to
family
during periods of separation
keep
active communication
find a good environment
to
express children´s feelings
fear
sadness
For team leaders or managers in health facilities
Ensure that staff are aware of where and how they can access mental health
and
psychosocial support services
It is important that managers can be role-models
for self-care strategies to mitigate stress.
Manage urgent mental health
and
neurological complaints within emergency or general healthcare facilities
Ensure that good quality communication
and
accurate information updates are provided
to all staff
Partner inexperienced workers
with their more experienced colleagues
Ensure that you build in time for
colleagues to provide social support
to each other
Rotate workers
Orient all responders, including
workers in quarantine sites
on how to provide basic emotional
and
practical support to affected people
using psychological first aid.
Keeping all staff protected
from
chronic stress
during this response means
that they will have a better capacity to fulfil their roles
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