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.