Working in the emergency and inpatient COVID-19 special wards: A different experience for Iranian psychiatric trainees amid the outbreak.

• 12 psychiatric trainees of Iran University of Medcial Sciences were scheduled to visit patients with COVID-19. • After the shift, they were asked to fill out an online anonymous form and submit their written comments. • Only 16.7 % of them showed their interest to visit the COVID-19 patients again for medical management, whereas more than 83 % of them expressed their readiness to handle psychiatric problems of these patients. • We conclude, it seems better that mental health personnel be involved in more specialized tasks.