App for 'new normal' anxietyA driving licence test in a 'new normal' manner at the Land Transport Department in Bangkok on Monday. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)The Mental Health Department has launched a new app to monitor people with psychological problems, as it expects the number of such patients in the "new normal" society to rise. With lockdown measures likely to end and people expected to return to normal life despite the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the director of the Bureau of Mental Health Service Administration, Burin Suraaroonsamrit, said on Monday that the reporting of mental health problems was likely to surge. To this end, he said the department has developed digital tools to facilitate mental health care services for hospitals under the "new normal" constraints of social distancing. Deputy director-general of the Department of Mental Health Jumpot Promsida said the department had surveyed patients seeking mental healthcare services from 20 medical facilities.

Source: Bangkok Post June 08, 2020 23:36 UTC