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COVID-19 Epidemic Peer Support and Crisis Intervention Via Social Media.

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Cheng, P; Xia, G; Pang, P; Wu, B; Jiang, W; Li, Y-T; Wang, M; Ling, Q; Chang, X; Wang, J; Dai, X; Lin, X; Bi, X
Published in: Community Ment Health J
July 2020

This article describes a peer support project developed and carried out by a group of experienced mental health professionals, organized to offer peer psychological support from overseas to healthcare professionals on the frontline of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. This pandemic extremely challenged the existing health care systems and caused severe mental distress to frontline healthcare workers. The authors describe the infrastructure of the team and a novel model of peer support and crisis intervention that utilized a popular social media application on smartphone. Such a model for intervention that can be used elsewhere in the face of current global pandemic, or future disaster response.

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Community Ment Health J

DOI

EISSN

1573-2789

Publication Date

July 2020

Volume

56

Issue

5

Start / End Page

786 / 792

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Social Support
  • Social Media
  • Smartphone
  • Psychiatry
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Peer Group
  • Pandemics
  • Occupational Health
  • Mobile Applications
 

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Cheng, P., Xia, G., Pang, P., Wu, B., Jiang, W., Li, Y.-T., … Bi, X. (2020). COVID-19 Epidemic Peer Support and Crisis Intervention Via Social Media. Community Ment Health J, 56(5), 786–792. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00624-5
Cheng, Pu, Guohua Xia, Peng Pang, Bo Wu, Wei Jiang, Yong-Tong Li, Mei Wang, et al. “COVID-19 Epidemic Peer Support and Crisis Intervention Via Social Media.Community Ment Health J 56, no. 5 (July 2020): 786–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00624-5.
Cheng P, Xia G, Pang P, Wu B, Jiang W, Li Y-T, et al. COVID-19 Epidemic Peer Support and Crisis Intervention Via Social Media. Community Ment Health J. 2020 Jul;56(5):786–92.
Cheng, Pu, et al. “COVID-19 Epidemic Peer Support and Crisis Intervention Via Social Media.Community Ment Health J, vol. 56, no. 5, July 2020, pp. 786–92. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10597-020-00624-5.
Cheng P, Xia G, Pang P, Wu B, Jiang W, Li Y-T, Wang M, Ling Q, Chang X, Wang J, Dai X, Lin X, Bi X. COVID-19 Epidemic Peer Support and Crisis Intervention Via Social Media. Community Ment Health J. 2020 Jul;56(5):786–792.
Journal cover image

Published In

Community Ment Health J

DOI

EISSN

1573-2789

Publication Date

July 2020

Volume

56

Issue

5

Start / End Page

786 / 792

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Social Support
  • Social Media
  • Smartphone
  • Psychiatry
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Peer Group
  • Pandemics
  • Occupational Health
  • Mobile Applications