Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak

Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak

Overview

WHO and public health authorities around the world are acting to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. However, this time of crisis is generating stress throughout the population. The considerations presented in this document have been developed by the WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Use as a series of messages that can be used in communications to support mental and psychosocial well-being in different target groups during the outbreak.

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WHO TEAM

Department of Communications

NUMBER OF PAGES

6

REFERENCE NUMBERS

WHO REFERENCE NUMBER: WHO/2019-nCoV/MentalHealth/2020.1

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