Stress and psychological impact on SARS patients during the outbreak

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 385-390

  Chua, Siew E ^a   Cheung, Vinci ^a   McAlonan, Grainne M ^a   Cheung, Charlton ^a   Wong, Josephine W S ^a   Cheung, Erik P T ^a   Chan, Marco T Y ^a   Wong, Teresa K W ^a   Choy, Khai M ^b   Chu, Chung M ^c   Lee, Peter W H ^a   Tsang, Kenneth W T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Outbreak; Patients; Psychological; SARS; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STRESS;

EID: 3042817643     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370404900607     Document Type: Article

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