A psychological perspective on the Ebola crisis, from US service members sent to West Africa

Stephen Thomas, MD (photo by Jim Howe) Stephen Thomas, MD (photo by
Jim Howe) When 3,000 United States service members were deployed to
West Africa during the Ebola crisis from 2014 to 2016, When 3,000
United States service members were deployed to West Africa during
the Ebola crisis from 2014 to 2016, Stephen Thomas, MD Stephen
Thomas, MD, and Army colleagues investigated their psychological
perspectives. The researchers, and Army colleagues investigated
their psychological perspectives. The researchers share their
findings share their findings in a pair of papers published in the
journals Military Medicine and Public Health. The research
discusses sleep problems, stressors and the effect of quarantine.
Upon return from West Africa, the service members were quarantined
for 21 days. Thomas, now a professor of medicine and of
microbiology and immunology at Upstate, specializes in infectious
diseases. He says none of the service members contracted Ebola
during deployment, but a few developed malaria.  in a pair of
papers published in the journals Military Medicine and Public
Health. The research discusses sleep problems, stressors and the
effect of quarantine. Upon return from West Africa, the service
members were quarantined for 21 days. Thomas, now a professor of
medicine and of microbiology and immunology at Upstate, specializes
in infectious diseases. He says none of the service members
contracted Ebola during deployment, but a few developed
malaria.