The Mental Health Professional at the Feet of the Ebola Virus: Individual Treatment and Global Mental Challenges

Overview

Journal Br J Psychiatry

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2019 May 31

PMID 31142389

Citations 8

Authors

Jude Mary Cenat

Olea Balayulu-Makila

Daniel Derivois

Nereah Felix

Joana N Mukunzi

Jacqueline Bukaka

Jean-Pierre Birangui

Cecile Rousseau

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Abstract

SummaryMental health professionals form an important component of the response teams currently working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to treat what is historically the second-largest Ebola outbreak. They provide psychological treatment to patients under extraordinary conditions, helping them cope with anxiety and the daily death of other patients.Declaration of interestNone.

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