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cord-312356-95yyi0jb	Hernández-Huerta, Daniel	The impact of COVID-19 on Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Unit	2020-05-19		.txt	text/plain	566	33	43	Moreover, mental health staff often has inadequate training on the management of respiratory infectious diseases, which adds to some features of patients with pre-existing mental health conditions, such as inadequate insight or psychomotor excitement, being unable to practice infection control measures, as well as limited awareness regarding the risk of infection, that may contribute to the transmission of COVID-19. We are also facing new diagnostic challenges, as many patients admitted to the psychiatric ward are simultaneously been treated for COVID-19. Regrettably, because of the shortage of isolation rooms for SARS-CoV-2 positive cases who suffer from mental illness decompensation comorbidities, physical restraint practices could increase in order to guarantee confinement and infection control measures. We call for the creation of state policies that mitigate the health impact of such catastrophe, with urgency in relation to patients at Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Units. The COVID-19 outbreak and psychiatric hospitals in China: managing challenges through mental health service reform	./cache/cord-312356-95yyi0jb.txt	./txt/cord-312356-95yyi0jb.txt