Patients in psychiatric care at great risk to COVID-19 outbreak, warns Sen. Kutcher

‘We are very worried,’ echoes one psychiatrist whose association is preparing a ‘call to action’ to governments.

Independent Senator Stan Kutcher, pictured at an April 2019 mental health conference, says those in psychiatric care are at great risk of a COVID-19 outbreak, 'a huge problem' he'd like to see governments address.Photograph courtesy of Senate Communications

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

April 8, 2020

Independent Senator Stan Kutcher is raising the alarm about the looming risk of a COVID-19 outbreak among patients in psychiatric care, facilities that he’s warning don't have the capacity to protect against or properly respond to infectious diseases.

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