Population-based post-crisis psychological distress: An example from the SARS outbreak in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 524-532

  Peng, Eugene Yu Chang ^a,b   Lee, Ming Been ^c   Tsai, Shang Ta ^d   Yang, Chih Chien ^e   Morisky, Donald Edward ^f   Tsai, Liang Ting ^e   Weng, Ya Ling ^b   Lyu, Shu Yu ^b  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIWAN ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Post crisis; Psychiatric morbidity; Psychological distress; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PESSIMISM; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955491119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60087-3     Document Type: Article

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