PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Qiu, Jianyin
AU  - Shen, Bin
AU  - Zhao, Min
AU  - Wang, Zhen
AU  - Xie, Bin
AU  - Xu, Yifeng
TI  - A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations
AID  - 10.1136/gpsych-2020-100213
DP  - 2020 Apr 01
TA  - General Psychiatry
PG  - e100213
VI  - 33
IP  - 2
4099  - http://gpsych.bmj.com/content/33/2/e100213.short
4100  - http://gpsych.bmj.com/content/33/2/e100213.full
SO  - Gen Psych2020 Apr 01; 33
AB  - 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.