The prevention and the control of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) highlight the urgency of improving the national public health emergency management system. In the construction of an emergency management system, the development of the public psychological service system is crucial. This paper reviews the development stages, the operation mechanism, the professional contingent, and the professional support platform in the emergency management system in the U.S, including its main experience and the existing problems. In view of China's state of the public psychological services, some suggestions are made for the emergency psychological service system construction in China, which involve the following four aspects:the information system of the emergency psychological services, a classified psychological service team, the research directions of psychological services for the emergency management, and the legal system of the emergency psychological services.

emergency management  /  psychological services  /  COVID-19