A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic emerged in Wuhan, China, spread nationwide and then onto half a dozen other countries between December 2019 and early 2020. The implementation of unprecedented strict quarantine measures in China has kept a large number of people in isolation and affe...

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Autores principales: Qiu, Jianyin, Shen, Bin, Zhao, Min, Wang, Zhen, Xie, Bin, Xu, Yifeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7061893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32215365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2020-100213
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author Qiu, Jianyin
Shen, Bin
Zhao, Min
Wang, Zhen
Xie, Bin
Xu, Yifeng
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Zhao, Min
Wang, Zhen
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description The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic emerged in Wuhan, China, spread nationwide and then onto half a dozen other countries between December 2019 and early 2020. The implementation of unprecedented strict quarantine measures in China has kept a large number of people in isolation and affected many aspects of people’s lives. It has also triggered a wide variety of psychological problems, such as panic disorder, anxiety and depression. This study is the first nationwide large-scale survey of psychological distress in the general population of China during the COVID-19 epidemic.
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spelling pubmed-70618932020-03-25 A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations Qiu, Jianyin Shen, Bin Zhao, Min Wang, Zhen Xie, Bin Xu, Yifeng Gen Psychiatr Editorial The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic emerged in Wuhan, China, spread nationwide and then onto half a dozen other countries between December 2019 and early 2020. The implementation of unprecedented strict quarantine measures in China has kept a large number of people in isolation and affected many aspects of people’s lives. It has also triggered a wide variety of psychological problems, such as panic disorder, anxiety and depression. This study is the first nationwide large-scale survey of psychological distress in the general population of China during the COVID-19 epidemic. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7061893/ /pubmed/32215365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2020-100213 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations
title A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations
title_full A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations
title_fullStr A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations
title_full_unstemmed A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations
title_short A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2020-100213
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