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Predictors and rates of PTSD, depression and anxiety in UK frontline health and social care workers during COVID-19

Predictores y tasas de TEPT, depresión y ansiedad en la primera línea de trabajadores sociales y de la salud en Reino Unido durante COVID-19

COVID-19期间英国一线卫生和社会护理工作者的PTSD, 抑郁和焦虑的预测因素和发生率

Talya Greenea Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel;b Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jasmine Harju-Seppänenb Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK;c Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-2119View further author information
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Mariam Adenijib Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UKView further author information
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Charlotte Steelb Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UKView further author information
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Nick Greyd Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Worthing, UK;e School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UKView further author information
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Chris R. Brewinf Clinical Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, London, UKView further author information
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Michael A. Bloomfieldb Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK;g Translational Psychiatry Research Group, Research Department of Mental Health Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK;h Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research Department, University College London, London, UK;i St Pancras Hospital, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK;j National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College Hospital, London, UK;k National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKView further author information
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Jo Billingsb Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UKView further author information
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Article: 1882781 | Received 05 Nov 2020, Accepted 16 Jan 2021, Published online: 10 Mar 2021

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