Investigation on mental states of inhabitants during epidemic outbreak stage of SARS

  Objective   To explore inhabitants mental health states duringepidemic outbreak stage of SARS, and to provide scientific basis for mental intervening.

  Methods   Atotal of 2 844 students, city inhabitants and village inhabitants were invest igated with SCL 90.

  Results   (1) There were sig nificant difference in mental health state between peoples duringepidemic outbreak stage of SARSand the norm of Chinese.(2)Various mass groups had different state of mental health dur ing epidemic outbreak stage of SARS, and there were different mental healthe problem in various mass groups.

  Conclusion   (1) The pr oblem of mental cr isis dur ingepidemic outbreak stage of SARSwere deserved to pay close attention.(2)The intervention of mental crisis were necessary duringepidemic outbreak stage of SARSor otheremergent events of public health.