How health anxiety influences responses to viral outbreaks like COVID-19: What all decision-makers, health authorities, and health care professionals need to know - PubMed (original) (raw)

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How health anxiety influences responses to viral outbreaks like COVID-19: What all decision-makers, health authorities, and health care professionals need to know

Gordon J G Asmundson et al. J Anxiety Disord. 2020 Apr.

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