Dynamics of a delayed epidemic model with non-monotonic incidence rate

A delayed epidemic model with non-monotonic incidence rate which describes the psychological effect of certain serious on the community when the number of infectives is getting larger is studied. The disease-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable when R 0 < 1 and is globally attractive when R 0 = 1 are derived. On the other hand, The disease is permanent when R 0 > 1 is also obtained. Numerical simulation results are given to support the theoretical predictions.