The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence

The Lancet

Volumn 395, Issue 10227, 2020, Pages 912-920

  Brooks, Samantha K ^a   Webster, Rebecca K ^a   Smith, Louise E ^a   Woodland, Lisa ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Rubin, Gideon James ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DATA BASE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STIGMA; STRESS; SYMPTOM; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85081211304     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30460-8     Document Type: Review

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