Needs, gaps and opportunities for standard and e-mental health care among at-risk populations in the Asia Pacific in the context of COVID-19: A rapid scoping review

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic. It is expected that this will have a major impact on people’s mental health. Because of the pandemic, many providers have had to switch to virtual tools to deliver care. As such, we have to consider what equitable access to these virtual tools looks like for patients that are most at risk of having mental health problems.