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. 2020 Feb 28:286:112902.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112902. Online ahead of print.

The psychiatric impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak

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The psychiatric impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak

Poliana Moreira de Medeiros Carvalho et al. Psychiatry Res. .

Abstract

  1. We must be aware of the challenge and concerns brought by 2019-nCoV. Every effort should be put to understand and control the disease.

  2. Patients with confirmed or suspected 2019-nCoV (new coronavirus disease) may experience fear of the consequences of being infected with a potentially fatal new virus, and those in quarantine might experience boredom, loneliness, and anger.

  3. In the intervention with staff and patients, we found the stress-adaptation model particularly relevant

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Comment in

  • Eating disorders in the age of COVID-19.
    Shah M, Sachdeva M, Johnston H. Shah M, et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Aug;290:113122. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113122. Epub 2020 May 29. Psychiatry Res. 2020. PMID: 32480115 Free PMC article.

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