Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression of survivors 12 months after the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea

• Main Authors: Hye Yoon Park (Author), Wan Beom Park (Author), So Hee Lee (Author), Jeong Lan Kim (Author), Jung Jae Lee (Author), Haewoo Lee (Author), Hyoung-Shik Shin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The 2015 outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the Republic of Korea is a recent and representative occurrence of nationwide outbreaks of Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs). In addition to physical symptoms, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression ar...