@article{61051f1389b646e6be253e48308abd6b,
title = "COVID-19 Epidemic Peer Support and Crisis Intervention Via Social Media",
abstract = "This article describes a peer support project developed and carried out by a group of experienced mental health professionals, organized to offer peer psychological support from overseas to healthcare professionals on the frontline of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. This pandemic extremely challenged the existing health care systems and caused severe mental distress to frontline healthcare workers. The authors describe the infrastructure of the team and a novel model of peer support and crisis intervention that utilized a popular social media application on smartphone. Such a model for intervention that can be used elsewhere in the face of current global pandemic, or future disaster response.",
keywords = "COVID, Crisis intervention, Emotional stage, Healthcare personnel, Mental health, Peer support, Smart phone, Social media",
author = "Pu Cheng and Guohua Xia and Peng Pang and Bo Wu and Wei Jiang and Li, {Yong Tong} and Mei Wang and Qi Ling and Xiaoying Chang and Jinghan Wang and Xiaocheng Dai and Xiaojin Lin and Xiaoting Bi",
note = "Funding Information: List of group members with professional credential based on the time of joining: Pu Cheng, Psychiatrist, IN, Qi Ling, Psychiatrist, NY, Yong-Tong Li, Psychiatrist, PA, Peng Pang, Psychiatrist, NY, Bo Wu, Psychiatrist, TX, Junyong Jia, Psychiatrist, MD, Xiaocheng Dai, AMFT, CA, Liang Bao, Psychologist, Canada, Yanye Maggie Li, LPC, PA, Jinghan Wang, MSW, NY, Pan Li, Therapist, MA, Ke Liu, LPC, MI, Wenting Kang, LCPC, IL, Xiaojin Lin, LCSW/MSW, MA, Ge Li, LMSW, TX, Junhua Wang, Psychiatrist, TX, Qingmin Ruan, Psychiatrist, TX, Guohua Xia, Psychiatrist, CA, Xiaonan Liao, MHC, NY, Ci Ma, Psychiatrist, CA, Mei Wang, Psychologist, OH, Yonghong Tan, Psychiatrist, CT, Feng Liu, Psychiatrist, NY, Hong Chai, Psychiatrist, TX, Qingyang Xu, LMSW, NY, Huiyi Chen, LPC, IL, Rou Zhang, LMHC, NY, Yanqing Teng, Therapist, Canada, Xiaoting Bi, LPC, PA, Zhihong Guo, Psychiatrist, MD, Lu Liu, MSW, CA, Xiaoli Wang, LPC, TX, Xueling Fu, Psychiatrist, TX, Hong Wang, RN, Australia, Esther Zhang, LMHC, WA, Yueheng Han, Psychiatrist, PA, Yunyun Lu, RN, WA, Xiaohui Zhang, Psychiatrist, PA, Fang Yang, Psychiatrist, TX, Xiaoying Chang, Psychiatrist, NY, Yu Quan, Psychiatrist, TX, Yongyao Chen, Psychiatrist, NC, Shumin Zhang, Psychiatrist, MA, Wei Jiang, Psychiatrist/Internist, NC, Liren Li, Psychiatrist, NJ. Special appreciation to Dr. Kay Levine for your professional help and instruction. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10597-020-00624-5",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "56",
pages = "786--792",
journal = "Community Mental Health Journal",
issn = "0010-3853",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "5",
}