Long-term psychiatric morbidities among SARS survivors

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-326

  Mak, Ivan Wing Chit ^a   Chu, Chung Ming ^a   Pan, Pey Chyou ^a   Yiu, Michael Gar Chung ^a   Chan, Veronica Lee ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cohort; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric; SARS survivors; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 67449086554     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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