Problems and solutions of the community-based care network for people with a mental illness under COVID-19

As a result of the requirement to restrict face-to-face contacts in order to reduce the risk of infection, which suddenly appeared in mid-March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the community-based care network for people with a severe or persistent mental illness is severely impaired in its functionality. In the study mentioned, the problems that have arisen and the various solution activities are to be identified, analyzed and widely communicated by interviewing currently affected clients, relatives, employees and managers of facilities, services and initiatives / self-help activities, including developments in other countries should be observed. should. Potential long-term consequences for the community-based psychiatric care system should be addressed.