Depression after Exposure to Stressful Events: Lessons Learned from the SARS Epidemic
By Xinhua Liu, Meghana Kakade, C. Fuller, B. Fan, Yunyun Fang, Junhui Kong, Zhiqiang Guan, Ping Wu. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2011
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Aim To examine, among hospital employees exposed to an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), post-outbreak levels of depressive symptoms, and the relationship between those depressive symptom levels and the types of outbreak event exposures experienced. Methods In 2006, randomly selected employees (n = 549) of a hospital in Beijing were surveyed concerning their exposures to the city’s 2003 SARS outbreak, and the ways in which the outbreak had affected their mental health. Subjects were assessed on sociodemographic factors, on types of exposure to the outbreak, and on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Results The results of multinomial regression analyses showed that, with other relevant factors controlled for, being single, having been quarantined during the outbreak, having been exposed to other traumatic events prior to SARS, and perceived SARS-related risk level during the outbreak were found to increase the odds of having a high level of depressive symptoms three years later. Altruistic acceptance of risk during the outbreak was found to decrease the odds of high post-outbreak depressive symptom levels. Conclusions Policy makers and mental health professionals working to prepare for potential disease outbreaks should be aware that the experience of being quarantined can, in some cases, lead to long-term adverse mental health consequences.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Neurology
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- Anxiety and depression in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national survey. (2020, background): “Another study found that selfisolation predicted high levels of depression up to 3 years after the SARS outbreak (Liu et al., 2012).”
- Depression, anxiety, stress levels of physicians and associated factors in Covid-19 pandemics (2020, background): “Being single was found to increase the odds of having a high level of depressive symptoms in hospital staff, 3 years after the SARS outbreak (Liu et al., 2012).”
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