“Pandemic fear” and Covid-19: mental health burden and strategies

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  • Felipe Ornell Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS; IBGEN Business School, Grupo Uniftec, Porto Alegre, RS. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3881-4283
  • Jaqueline Bohrer Schuch Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS.
  • Anne Orgler Sordi Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS.
  • Felix Henrique Paim Kessler Centro de Pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS.

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https://doi.org/10.25118/2236-918X-10-2-2

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2020-06-30

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Ornell F, Schuch JB, Sordi AO, Kessler FHP. “Pandemic fear” and Covid-19: mental health burden and strategies. Debates em Psiquiatria [Internet]. 2020 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];10(2):12-6. Available from: https://revistardp.org.br/revista/article/view/35

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