The mental health of hospital workers dealing with severe acute respiratory syndrome

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 370-375

  Lu, Yi Ching ^b   Shu, Bih Ching ^a   Chang, Yong Yuan ^c   Lung, For Wey ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodisaster; Parental attachment; Personality traits; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CHINESE HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; PARENTAL BONDING INSTRUMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750069447     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095443     Document Type: Article

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