How Taiwan prevented the outbreak of COVID-19: a focus on psychological strategies and measures

Int Psychogeriatr. 2020 Oct;32(10):1121-1124. doi: 10.1017/S1041610220001568. Epub 2020 Jul 22.

Authors

Tzung-Jeng Hwang¹, Yi-Ting Lin¹, Lih-Jong Shen², Liyu Tang³, Maria I Lapid⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
² Department of Mental and Oral Health, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
³ Taiwan Alzheimer's Disease Association, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

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MeSH terms

Aged
Aging* / physiology
Aging* / psychology
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control* / methods
Communicable Disease Control* / organization & administration
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
Geriatric Psychiatry* / methods
Geriatric Psychiatry* / trends
Health Services for the Aged* / organization & administration
Health Services for the Aged* / trends
Humans
Mental Health / trends
Mental Health Services* / organization & administration
Mental Health Services* / trends
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
SARS-CoV-2
Social Isolation / psychology
Taiwan / epidemiology
Vulnerable Populations / psychology