The COVID-19 pandemic and mental health impacts

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¹ School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
² School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

Kim Usher et al. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;29(3):315-318.

doi: 10.1111/inm.12726. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

¹ School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
² School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

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Fear can be more harmful than the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in controlling the corona virus disease 2019 epidemic.
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