Future psychiatric services in Italy: lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic
Keywords:
COVID-19, Psychiatric Services, Public Mental Health, Rehabilitation, CommunityAbstract
During the COVID-19 epidemic, home care and remote working showed important technological innovations, leading to review all public mental health policies. In this article, some considerations based on the Italian COVID-19 experience in order to plan post-COVID psychiatric interventions are reported.
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