General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 546-554 , November 2009

Posttraumatic stress disorder in convalescent severe acute respiratory syndrome patients: a 4-year follow-up study

  • Xia Hong, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
    • ,
  • Glenn W. Currier, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
    • ,
  • Xiaohui Zhao, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
    • ,
  • Yinan Jiang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
    • ,
  • Wei Zhou, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
    • ,
  • Jing Wei, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 10 65296066; fax: +86 10 65296066.

Received 13 January 2009 ,Accepted 29 June 2009.

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☆ This study was supported by Peking Union Medical College Hospital (HX, ZXH, JYN, ZW, WJ); the National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center (D43TW005814) (E.D. Caine, PI) (HX); and the National Institute of Mental Health Center (P20MH071897) (E.D. Caine, PI) (GC).

PII: S0163-8343(09)00134-0

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.06.008

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 546-554 , November 2009

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