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The 2014 Ebola Outbreak and Mental Health: Current Status and Recommended Response

Shultz, James M., Baingana, Florence, Neria, Yuval·2015·JAMA

Abstract

citingsymptomaticpatientsescap-ing from treatment units, families concealing sick rela-tives at home, preferential use of traditional healers,andphysicalcontactwithinfectiouscorpses.Neverthe-less, the Roadmap includes few recommendations toalleviate fear behaviors and address mental healthneedsinEbola-affectedcommunities.InWestAfrica,Ebolavirusdiseasearousesfearbe-haviors, in part because many have witnessed thegraphic hemorrhagic manifestations of those infectedandthebodiesofthosewhohavedied.Thecorpsesandbeddingofpatientswhohavediedposeinfectionhaz-ardstohealthcareworkersandfamilymembers.AsofDecember14,2014,649front-linehealthcareworkershavebecomeilland365havedied.

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  • The current findings are consistent with previous studies that exposing public health emergency can cause public mental health problems, such as Wenchuan and Lushan earthquakes, 2014 Ebola Outbreak, and SARS.

    “These findings are consistent with the previous studies’ that exposing public health emergency can cause public mental health problems, such as Wenchuan and Lushan earthquakes[17], 2014 Ebola Outbreak[7,18], and SARS[19].”

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Authors
Shultz, J. M., Baingana, F., & Neria, Y.
Affiliations
  • University of Miami (US)
  • Makerere University (UG)
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
Venue
JAMA
Published
2015-02-10
Volume
313
Issue
6
Pages
567
ISSN
  • 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
  • 0098-7484
OpenAlex
W2076537644
Cited by
324
References
6
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 88 · 2020: 81 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 11
FWCI
8.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • JAMA (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Conflict Studies
Keywords
2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak, mental health, fear behavior, Ebola treatment units, traditional healers, healthcare worker infection, West Africa
MeSH terms
Africa, Western, Disease Outbreaks, Humans, Mental Health, Public Health, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola

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