id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-269723-gm65p1op Tzeng, Nian-Sheng What could we learn from SARS when facing the mental health issues related to the COVID-19 outbreak? A nationwide cohort study in Taiwan 2020-10-06 .txt text/plain 4370 198 46 There were several studies about the psychiatric and mental health issues related to the severe adult respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, however, the association between SARS and the overall risk of psychiatric disorders and suicides has, as yet, to be studied in Taiwan. A total of 285 patients with SARS and 2850 controls without SARS (1:10) matched for sex, age, insurance premium, comorbidities, residential regions, level of medical care, and index date were selected between February 25 and June 15, 2003 from the Inpatient Database Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study on the association between SARS and increased risk in developing psychiatric disorders and suicide, in a 12-year follow-up, from a nationwide, population-based database. ./cache/cord-269723-gm65p1op.txt ./txt/cord-269723-gm65p1op.txt