Online Survey on Accessing Psychological Knowledge and Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic - China, 2020

Qingdong Lu; Lin Liu; Yunhe Wang; Le Shi; Yingying Xu; Zhengan Lu; Jianyu Que; Jingli Yue; Kai Yuan; Wei Yan; Yankun Sun; Jie Shi; Yanping Bao; Lin Lu

doi:10.46234/ccdcw2020.218

Online Survey on Accessing Psychological Knowledge and Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic - China, 2020

China CDC Wkly. 2020 Oct 9;2(41):797-803. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2020.218.

Authors

Qingdong Lu^{1

2}, Lin Liu^{1

2}, Yunhe Wang^{1

2}, Le Shi³, Yingying Xu^{1

2}, Zhengan Lu³, Jianyu Que³, Jingli Yue³, Kai Yuan³, Wei Yan³, Yankun Sun³, Jie Shi¹, Yanping Bao^{1

2}, Lin Lu^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ National Institute on Drug Dependence and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China.
² School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
³ Institute of Mental Health, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China.
⁴ Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences and PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Abstract

What is already known on this topic?

The public was at elevated risk of mental health illnesses during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, so accessibility to psychological knowledge and interventions is vital to promptly respond to mental health crises.

What is added by this report?

During the pandemic period, 40,724 (71.9%) participants reportedly had access to psychological knowledge, and 36,546 (64.5%) participants had accessed information on psychological interventions. Participants who were male, unmarried, living alone, divorced or widowed, or infected with COVID-19 were less likely to access psychological knowledge and intervention.

What are the implications for public health practice?

Governments should pay more attention to formulate policies, popularize psychological education, and provide mental health services online or in the community.

Copyright and License information: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2020.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by grant BMU2020HKYZX008 from the Special Research Fund of PKUHSC for Prevention and Control of COVID-19 and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, grant 2019YFA0706200 and 2020YFC2003600 from the National Key Research and Development Program of China, and grant 81761128036 from the National Natural Science Foundation of China-Canadian Institutes of Health Research Joint Health Research Program.