The psychiatric impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak

Affiliations

¹ Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, ABC School of Medicine - FMABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, ABC School of Medicine - FMABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil; School of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri - UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil.; School of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ/Estácio, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil.
³ School of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ/Estácio, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil.
⁴ School of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri - UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil.; School of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ/Estácio, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil.. Electronic address: modesto.neto@ufca.edu.br.

Poliana Moreira de Medeiros Carvalho et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr:286:112902.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112902. Epub 2020 Feb 28.

¹ Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, ABC School of Medicine - FMABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, ABC School of Medicine - FMABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil; School of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri - UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil.; School of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ/Estácio, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil.
³ School of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ/Estácio, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil.
⁴ School of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri - UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil.; School of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ/Estácio, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil.. Electronic address: modesto.neto@ufca.edu.br.

Abstract

•
We must be aware of the challenge and concerns brought by 2019-nCoV. Every effort should be put to understand and control the disease.
•
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.
•
In the intervention with staff and patients, we found the stress-adaptation model particularly relevant

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

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.

1. Xiang Y.T., Yang Y., Li W., Zhang L., Zhang Q., Cheung T., Ng C.H. Timely mental health care for the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak is urgently needed. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020 - PMC - PubMed
1. Wu P., Fang Y., Guan Z., Fan B., Kong J., Yao Z., Liu X., Fuller C.J., Susser E., Lu J., Hoven C.W. The psychological impact of the SARS epidemic on hospital employees in China: exposure, risk perception, and altruistic acceptance of risk. Can J. Psychiatry. 2009;54:302–311. - PMC - PubMed
1. Maunder R., Hunter J., Vincent L., Bennett J., Peladeau N., Leszcz M., Sadavoy J., Verhaeghe L.M., Steinberg R., Mazzulli T. The immediate psychological and occupational impact of the 2003 SARS outbreak in a teaching hospital. CMAJ. 2003;168:1245–1251. - PMC - PubMed
1. Folkman S., Greer S. Promoting psychological well-being in the face of serious illness: when theory, research and practice inform each other. Psychooncology. 2000;9:11–19. - PubMed
1. Wang C., Horby P.W., Hayden F.G., Gao G.F. A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern. Lancet. 2020;395:470–473. - PMC - PubMed