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Working in the emergency and inpatient COVID-19 special wards: A different experience for Iranian psychiatric trainees amid the outbreak

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Highlights • 12 psychiatric trainees of Iran University of Medcial Sciences were scheduled to visit patients with COVID-19.• After the shift, they were asked to fill out an online anonymous… Click to show full abstract

Highlights • 12 psychiatric trainees of Iran University of Medcial Sciences were scheduled to visit patients with COVID-19.• After the shift, they were asked to fill out an online anonymous form and submit their written comments.• Only 16.7 % of them showed their interest to visit the COVID-19 patients again for medical management, whereas more than 83 % of them expressed their readiness to handle psychiatric problems of these patients.• We conclude, it seems better that mental health personnel be involved in more specialized tasks.

Keywords: working emergency; inpatient covid; emergency inpatient; covid; covid special; psychiatric trainees

Journal Title: Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Year Published: 2020

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