Psychosocial and coping responses within the community health care setting towards a national outbreak of an infectious disease

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-202

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

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Community; Coping; Infectious, Morbidity; Psychological; SARS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 73549109136     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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