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SMI and COVID: Successful Models and Protocols
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This document is from an APA and SAMHSA initiative regarding successful models and protocols for managing serious mental illness (SMI) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness (CSS-SMI) is a funded initiative implemented by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The document includes information on COVID-19 in state hospitals, including the role of state hospitals in COVID response and best practices such as social distancing, community and intra-hospital surveillance, and encouraging vaccination. Mitigation measures in long-term care and COVID levels are also discussed. Communication strategies for staff, contingency standards of care, and mitigation strategies for crisis staffing in state hospitals are included. In terms of therapeutics, there is no information provided in this document. The second part of the document focuses on the pandemic and inpatient psychiatry. It discusses the inpatient psychiatric space, problems faced during the pandemic, and lessons learned such as the importance of communication, taking care of staff, and involving frontline workers in finding solutions. The document ends with information on how to access the SMI Adviser website for consultation and a Q&A session.
Keywords
serious mental illness
COVID-19 pandemic
Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness
state hospitals
social distancing
vaccination
long-term care
communication strategies
inpatient psychiatry
SMI Adviser website
Funding for SMI Adviser was made possible by Grant No. SM080818 from SAMHSA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, SAMHSA/HHS or the U.S. Government.
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