The Psychological Impact of the SARS Epidemic on Hospital Employees in China: Exposure, Risk Perception, and Altruistic Acceptance of Risk

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Authors

Ping Wu · Columbia University

Yunyun Fang · Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Zhiqiang Guan

Bin Fan · New York State Psychiatric Institute

Junhui Kong · Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Zhongling Yao · Peking University

Xinhua Liu · Columbia University

Abstract

The psychological impact of stressful events related to an infectious disease outbreak may be mediated by peoples' perceptions of those events; altruism may help to protect some health care workers against these negative impacts.

Topics & Keywords

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research COVID-19 and Mental Health Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 54, Issue 5, pp. 302-311

DOI: 10.1177/070674370905400504

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