How to Monitor Your Psychological Condition for Newly Diagnosed Coronavirus Patients

Monitoring and identifying your current psychological state is the foundation for self-directed psychological intervention. For potential mental and psychological issues, you need to monitor, identify, and evaluate your emotional responses.

If you can proactively and effectively monitor and identify when, in what situation, and what kind of emotional responses you are experiencing, you can enhance your control over your mental state.

Due to differences in individual personalities, experiences, health literacy, and the severity of illness and different stages of the disease course, patients' ability to perceive and express their psychological condition varies.

Therefore, we suggest that you pay attention to this and adjust according to your situation, monitoring and identifying any psychological issues.

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The following self-help methods are suggested:

1. Content of psychological monitoringAt the early, mid, and late times of the day, respectively, spend 1-5 minutes completing the psychological monitoring of emotional responses.

2. Frequency of psychological monitoring

Determine the frequency and time of psychological monitoring based on the severity of the illness.Avoid having overly high expectations during monitoring. If you cannot achieve the goal, it can lead to frustration, depression, and anxiety. Even if you can complete 1 day per week, it will help you better understand your mental health.

We suggest that isolated treatment patients monitor 3-5 days per week.

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3. Identification and assessment of mental health condition

Find the specific reactions you can monitor in the 'Patient Version of Mental Health Condition Self-Monitoring Table' if they are not included. If the reaction is not involved, you can add it yourself;

Communicating with doctors, fellow patients in the ward, and friends and family can help you identify it more accurately.Rate your emotional responses on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 indicating none or very slight, and 100 indicating the most serious situation you believe yourself to be. The rating is not right or wrong, and should be based on your subjective experience. It's normal that everyone may not be the same; this is normal.

For example:

Patient Version of Mental Health Condition Self-Monitoring Table: Early, Mid, and Late times of the day completed psychological monitoring of emotional responses

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12:00

20:00

Emotion (0~100) Anxiety 75

Depression 54

Anger 22

Fear 85

Loneliness 20

Shame 20

Suicidal Thoughts 5

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