The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Shultz, James M ^a   Cooper, Janice L ^b   Baingana, Florence ^c   Oquendo, Maria A ^d   Espinel, Zelde ^a   Althouse, Benjamin M ^e,f,g,h   Marcelin, Louis Herns ^i,j   Towers, Sherry ^k   Espinola, Maria ^l   McCoy, Clyde B ^a   Mazurik, Laurie ^m   Wainberg, Milton L ^d   Neria, Yuval ^d   Rechkemmer, Andreas ⁿ  

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

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR DISEASE MODELING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development   (Haïti)

^j University of Miami   (United States)

^k ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ebola; Ebola virus disease (EVD); Fear; Fear related behaviors; Outbreak; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; AFRICA; AROUSAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEAR; FEAR RELATED BEHAVIOR; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 84991387155     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-016-0741-y     Document Type: Review

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