Abstract

The pandemic in progress, caused by the Sars-Cov2 virus, has seriously affected the socio-health system and the world economy, as well as the lifestyle of each person, resulting in significant psychological distress for the general population. However, what is the situation of psychiatric patients, in consideration of their peculiarity and vulnerability? What has been the impact of the pandemic and the first month of 2020 general lockdown on psychiatric rehabilitation? This topic will be in particular the subject of this short review, which ranges from the consequences of home isolation (due to the temporary closure of rehabilitation facilities, not considered emergency services) to the contrast between the positive and negative effects of the lockdown spent in a rehabilitation institution. The complete revolution of the routine that belonged to these realities has been the subject of studies that have brought to light both criticalities of the objectives of Recovery in the pandemic context, both strategies aimed at developing interventions as well as improving the quality of care, in the direction of innovation (for example: home-based rehabilitation, telepsychiatry) associated with interventions against the stigma towards psychiatric pathology. The post-pandemic world in these terms represents both an ethical problem and a concrete challenge for public health.