Timely mental health care for the 2022 novel monkeypox outbreak is urgently needed

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Oct:82:104579. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104579. Epub 2022 Sep 7.

Sirwan Khalid Ahmed^{1

2

3}, Halkawt Ismail M-Amin⁴, Salar Omar Abdulqadir^{2

5}, Safin Hassan Hussein^{2

6}, Zheno Kareem Ahmed⁷, Rawand Abdulrahman Essa^{1

2}, Awat Alla Khdir^{1

2

3}, Araz Qadir Abdulla², Rukhsar Muhammad Omar^{2

5}

¹ Department of Emergency, Rania Teaching Hospital, Rania, Sulaimani, KRG, Iraq.
² Raparin Research Group (RRG), Rania, Sulaimani, KRG, Iraq.
³ Department of Emergency, Rania Pediatric & Maternity Teaching Hospital, Rania, Sulaimani, KRG, Iraq.
⁴ Department of Accounting, Dukan Technical Institute, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Sulaimani, KRG, Iraq.
⁵ Department of Nursing, University of Raparin, Rania, Sulaimani, KRG, Iraq.
⁶ Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Science, University of Raparin, Rania, Sulaimani, KRG, Iraq.
⁷ Petroleum and Energy, Technical College of Engineering, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Sulaimani, KRG, Iraq.

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Keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Fear; Mental health disorders; Monkeypox; Monkeypox virus; Panic; Stigma.