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Editorial
. 2020 Mar 6;33(2):e100213.
doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2020-100213. eCollection 2020.

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

Jianyin Qiu  1 , Bin Shen  2 , Min Zhao  1 , Zhen Wang  1 , Bin Xie  1 , Yifeng Xu  1
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A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations

Jianyin Qiu et al. Gen Psychiatr. .

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Abstract

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.

Keywords: anxiety; depression; disease notification; panic disorder; psychological trauma.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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