Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related psychiatric and posttraumatic morbidities and coping responses in medical staff within a primary health care setting in Singapore

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1120-1127

  Sim, Kang ^a   Phui, Nah Chong ^b   Yiong, Huak Chan ^c   Soon, Winnie Shok Wen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENIAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 4544383725     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v65n0815     Document Type: Article

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