Timely mental health care for the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak is urgently needed

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 228-229

  Xiang, Yu Tao ^a,b   Yang, Yuan ^a,b,c   Li, Wen ^a,b   Zhang, Ling ^d   Zhang, Qinge ^d   Cheung, Teris ^e   Ng, Chee H ^f  

^a University of Macau   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; CHINA; CIVIL DEFENSE; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUARANTINE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIROLOGY;

CHINA; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMMUNICATION; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; QUARANTINE; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 85079612108     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30046-8     Document Type: Note

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