The 2014 Ebola outbreak and mental health: Current status and recommended response

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 567-568

  Shultz, James M ^a   Baingana, Florence ^b   Neria, Yuval ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIBERIA; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF TRAINING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84922496404     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.17934     Document Type: Note

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