Mental health in biological disasters: From SARS to COVID-19.

CONCLUSION: Biological disaster like SARS and COVID-19 not only has strong impact on mental health in those being infected and their family, friends, and coworkers, but also affect wellbeing in general public. There are evidenced that clear and timely psychoeducation, psychological first aid and psychological debriefing could amileorate negative impact of disaster, thus might also be helpful amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hsieh KY, Kao WT, Li DJ, Lu WC, Tsai KY, Chen WJ, Chou LS, Huang JJ, Hsu ST, Chou FH Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research