TY - JOUR T1 - A nationwide survey of psychological distress among Chinese people in the COVID-19 epidemic: implications and policy recommendations JF - General Psychiatry JO - Gen Psych DO - 10.1136/gpsych-2020-100213 VL - 33 IS - 2 SP - e100213 AU - Jianyin Qiu AU - Bin Shen AU - Min Zhao AU - Zhen Wang AU - Bin Xie AU - Yifeng Xu Y1 - 2020/04/01 UR - http://gpsych.bmj.com/content/33/2/e100213.abstract N2 - 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. ER -