The pandemic of COVID-19 seriously threatens the human right of subsistence, intensifies social contradictions, and hinders the economic development of the country. Since Wuhan’s lock down on 23 January, 2020, these concerns were spreading out in the entire country. Fortunately, during the pandemic the government had realized the importance of constructing psychosocial services in the emergency management system. It not only involves the psychology health of individual, but also encompasses the health of social management. Psychosocial services are not only referred to as psychological health counseling for individuals, but are also involved in the process of building the psychosocial service system. There are still many obstacles, such as cognitive errors, inappropriate management, waste of resources and lack of professionals. Therefore, it is necessary to change Chinese people’s concept of psychological service, improve management efficiency by taking advanced of up-to-dated science and technology, and emphasize the training of psychology professionals. In addition, the applied psychology system and social governance practice should be perfectly combined to constructing a psychosocial service system.

Renke He, Yanji Wang. The Dilemma and Resolution of Public Psychological Services during the Pandemic of COVID-19. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences(2025), Vol. 6, Issue 3: 53-58. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2025.060309.

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