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How health anxiety influences responses to viral outbreaks like COVID-19: What all decision-makers, health authorities, and health care professionals need to know

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Asmundson, Gordon J.G., Taylor, Steven·2020·Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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  • Health authorities' communication about risks, treatments, vaccination, and preventive measures may produce anxiety that affects pandemic control.

    “In a pandemic situation, the way health authorities communicate to the population the available information on risks, treatments, vaccination opportunities, or the need for preventive measures may lead to levels of anxiety that determine success or failure to control the current pandemic (Asmundson and Taylor, 2020, Chen et al., 2020).”
  • The COVID-19 pandemic will further accelerate the growth of technology and psychotherapy publications as new and emerging technologies are adopted or incorporated.

    “Given the impact of social events on the evolution of scientific fields, it is expected the COVID-19 pandemic will further accelerate this growth as new and emerging technologies are adopted/incorporated (Asmundson and Taylor, 2020; Clipper, 2020; Wind et al., 2020).”

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Authors
Asmundson, G. J. G., & Taylor, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Regina (CA)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author
Asmundson, Gordon J.G.
Venue
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-04
Volume
71
Pages
102211
ISSN
0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3009847344
Cited by
786
References
11
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 53 · 2023: 132 · 2022: 163 · 2021: 235 · 2020: 153
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Keywords
health anxiety, COVID-19 pandemic, viral outbreak, public health decision-making, health authorities, healthcare workers, pandemic response
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Anxiety, Disease Outbreaks, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Students, Universities, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics

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