Ultra Brief Psychological Interventions for COVID-19 Pandemic: Introduction of a Locally-Adapted Brief Intervention for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Service

Nicholas Pang Tze Ping and Wendy Diana Shoesmith and Sandi James and Noor Melissa Nor Hadi and Eugene Koh Boon Yau and Loo Jiann Lin (2020) Ultra Brief Psychological Interventions for COVID-19 Pandemic: Introduction of a Locally-Adapted Brief Intervention for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Service. Malays J Med Sci., 27 (2). pp. 51-56.

[img]
Preview
Text
Ultra Brief Psychological Interventions for COVID-19 Pandemic.pdf

Download (46kB) | Preview
[img]
Preview
Text
Ultra Brief Psychological Interventions for COVID-19 Pandemic1.pdf

Download (173kB) | Preview

Abstract

The ultra-brief psychological interventions (UBPI) was created in 2018 to empower healthcare providers with psychological skills that can be delivered within a short period. Techniques used within UBPI were adopted from a variety of well established psychotherapies and distilled into its core essentials. This enabled practitioners of UBPI to deliver specific psychological skills in the appropriate context to the client within a period of 15–20 min. UBPI was also manualised to standardised training of practitioners. During the novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, UBPI was modified to suit the unique psychological demands of the pandemic. This article presents how UBPI was adapted and used with healthcare providers dealing with COVID-19 and also with the public who required psychological first aid (PFA).

Item Type: Article
Keyword: psychotherapy, mental health, COVID-19, psychiatry, PFA
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Department: FACULTY > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Depositing User: SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS -
Date Deposited: 23 Oct 2020 18:54
Last Modified: 23 Oct 2020 18:54
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26190

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item