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cord-287707-ng0ha3vv	Pal, Arghya	‘Masking’ of the mental state: unintended consequences of personal protective equipment (PPE) on psychiatric clinical practice	2020-06-04		.txt	text/plain	887	28	35	E.g., PPE might accentuate the suspiciousness in patients who have paranoia, the new smells and appearances may be extremely difficult to cope with for patients with autism spectrum disorders, patients having depression might require a gentle human touch and support during an interview which becomes near impossible with PPE and social distancing, it might be very challenging to provide reorientation to patients having delirium, or memory cues to those having dementia when they cannot see the faces of those around them, etc. Speaking through masks can muffle the speech, which hurdles the coherence and volume of speech. Also, because of the difficult conversation, the therapist and patient might have to frequently ask each other to repeat what they are saying, thus making the conversations more tedious and time consuming.	cache/cord-287707-ng0ha3vv.txt	txt/cord-287707-ng0ha3vv.txt
