COVID-19 outbreak in a child and adolescent psychiatric ward: Challenges and lessons to be learned -Case study

J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 2023 Feb;36(1):17-20. doi: 10.1111/jcap.12393. Epub 2022 Sep 18.

Sagit Israeli¹, Ilya Kagan², Sarit Yerushalmi³, Sophi Gelman⁴, Inbal Yarkoni⁵, Larisa Levitan⁶, Daniel Argo^{7

8}, Yoav Kohn^{9

10}

¹ Nurse Manager, Child and adolescent psychiatric ward, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Head, Nursing Department, Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon, Israel.
³ Senior Coordinator, Nurses' Development, Nursing Administration, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Director of Nursing, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁵ Director of Nursing Services, The Government Hospitals' Division, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁶ Head Nurse of Infectious Diseases Prevention, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁷ Director, Open Ward (B), Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁸ Former Head of Infectious Diseases Prevention, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁹ Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
¹⁰ Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric ward, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

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Keywords: COVID-19; child psychiatry; inpatient psychiatric care; pandemic.

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