Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Keywords
Tuberculosis, COVID-19, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, global mental health
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2023.3
Abstract
Mental disorders are common among persons with tuberculosis (TB), and the COVID-19 pandemic has only amplified the mental and physical health consequences of this deadly synergy. Here, we call to attention the immense vulnerability of people with TB to mental disorders during the pandemic and highlight the unique challenges and opportunities that the pandemic brings to the future integration of global TB and mental healthcare. We argue that the pandemic era is an ideal period to accelerate this integration and we provide research and policy recommendations to actualise this urgent need.
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
BJPsych International, v. 20, issue 3, p. 64-67
Scholar Commons Citation
Chu, Alexander L.; Pasha, Aneeta; Contreras, Carmen; Lecca, Leonid; Sweetland, Annika C.; and Galea, Jerome T., "The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Catalyst for Integrated Global Mental Healthcare and Tuberculosis Care" (2023). Social Work Faculty Publications. 232.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sok_facpub/232
