Malay Tweets: Discovering Mental Health Situation during COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramadani Anwar Sabaruddin ◽  
Suhaila Saee
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Situation

Mental health during the Syrian crisis: How Syrians are dealing with the psychological effects

2017 ◽  
Vol 99 (906) ◽  
pp. 927-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mazen Hedar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Physical Damage ◽  
Syrian Crisis ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
Effects Of War ◽  
Made In

AbstractLooking at the physical damage caused by the Syrian war, one can begin to imagine the scale of the psychological toll that eight years of crisis have taken on the Syrian people. In a country where mental health was still considered an emerging field before the war, Syrians are working to address and manage the mental health and psychological effects of war. Despite this disastrous situation, there appears to have been significant progress in the field of mental health during the crisis. This article explores the mental health situation in Syria prior to 2011, the effects of the crisis on Syrians, and how these have been managed in recent years. It concludes by citing some examples of progress that have been made in mental health care in Syria and discussing some of the challenges that remain to be addressed.

scholarly journals Acceptability of Mental Health Facilities and De-addiction Centers in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 117906951983999
Author(s):  
Pahul Preet Singh ◽  
Ishan Goel ◽  
Amit Mondal ◽  
Farooq Ali Khan ◽  
Ashish Kumar Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Western World ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Mental Health Facilities ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Trained Manpower ◽  
Health Situation

Not much is known about disease prevalence, treatment outcomes, trained manpower, programs, and patients’ awareness of diseases from South Asia, compared with the Western world. While other aspects are improving, the quantitative evaluation of awareness of diseases is lagging. Compared with other diseases, the situation for mental health disorders and addiction is worse. While no single study can fully quantify all aspects of awareness, a good starting point is to understand if increasing the number of mental health facilities is beneficial by understanding people’s perception toward the likelihood of contracting various diseases, their preferred approach to treatment, and their perception of whether there are enough current facilities. We surveyed over 8000 families across several states of India and asked if they would treat a particular problem at home, visit a local healer, seek religious council, or go to a modern hospital for treatment. Our questions also included non-medical options to assess how likely people are to avoid trained medical help. We also asked people about their perceived likelihood of a family member ever suffering from (1) diarrhea, (2) high fever, (3) alcoholism, and (4) schizophrenia and other mental health problems. We reversed the order of diseases in our questions for a fraction of the population to evaluate the effect of order of questioning. Finally, we asked, if people feel they have enough local healers, religious places, general hospitals, de-addiction centers, and mental health facilities. Despite the taboo around mental health, many people claimed that their family members were unlikely to contract mental health or addiction problems, people recognized the severe paucity of mental health facilities and de-addiction centers. This raises hope for improving the mental health situation in India. We also found a significant relation between education levels and choices people make, underscoring the positive role education has in improving mental health.

scholarly journals A crisis within the crisis: The mental health situation of refugees in the world during the 2019 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak

2020 ◽  
Vol 288 ◽  
pp. 113000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jucier Gonçalves Júnior ◽  
Jair Paulino de Sales ◽  
Marcial Moreno Moreira ◽  
Woneska Rodrigues Pinheiro ◽  
Carlos Kennedy Tavares Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Situation

scholarly journals Symptoms of anxiety/depression during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown in the community: longitudinal data from the TEMPO cohort in France

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Juhl Andersen ◽  
Murielle Mary-Krause ◽  
Joel José Herranz Bustamante ◽  
Mégane Héron ◽  
Tarik El Aarbaoui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Estimation Equations ◽  
Mental Health Difficulties ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Abstract Background To cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing restrictions where implemented in France, which could have led to social isolation. This is expected to have affected the mental health situation, including increasing risk of symptoms of anxiety and depression in the general population. Persons with prior mental health difficulties could be an especially vulnerable group, however, few studies have tested this empirically considering preexisting mental health difficulties. We examine the association between preexisting symptoms of anxiety/depression and anxiety/depression during lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in a longitudinal community sample. Methods A longitudinal follow-up during lockdown (data collection March–June 2020) was implemented among participants of the TEMPO cohort. Prior knowledge of anxiety/depression was included from prior waves of data collection. Generalized estimation equations models were used to estimate the association between preexisting symptoms of anxiety/depression and symptoms of anxiety/depression during lockdown among 662 mid-aged individuals. Results Individuals with symptoms of anxiety/depression measured prior to lockdown had 6.73 higher odds [95% CI = 4.45–10.17] of symptoms of anxiety/depression during lockdown. Additionally, the likelihood of symptoms of anxiety/depression during lockdown was elevated among women (OR = 2.07 [95% CI = 1.32–3.25]), subjects with low household income (OR = 2.28 [1.29–4.01]) and persons who reported being lonely (OR = 3.94 [95% CI = 2.47–6.28]). Conclusions Our study underlines the role of preexisting symptoms of anxiety/depression as a vulnerability factor of anxiety/depression during lockdown. Interventions focusing on individuals with mental health difficulties as well as people feeling lonely should be considered, to reduce the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals The impact of a public healt environmental contingency (COVID-19) on Stress and a General Healt of workers from different industrial sector.

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
Nora Isela Macías Núñez ◽  
Aurora Moyano González ◽  
Victor Ibarra ◽  
José Armando Peña-Moreno ◽  
Martha Esthela Calderon Parga
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
New Forms Of Work ◽  
The Impact

The problems that arise in society, in relation to health affect workers to some extent, this is the case of the COVID -19 pandemic, which has somehow affected organizations in general, such as: in their profits, in the reduction of personnel, in adapting new forms of work if required, and in activating health protocols to avoid the spread of it in its workers, this health situation that is present worldwide has had a great impact on people from the psychological aspect, it is for this the interest to carry out this research, with the purpose of knowing the perception of the workers of different organizations in this pandemic situation, that is to say, how it has affected them in relation to stress and therefore their general health, the instruments applied were: Perceived Stress Scale (10 items) and the Golberg General Health Questionnaire. The results of this work gave us a Coronbach alpha of α = .85 of reliability which indicates that this study is reliable, likewise 60% of the population report that they have felt stress due to COVID-19, as well as 42% of the population state that they have perceived factors or symptoms that affect their mental health to some degree.

scholarly journals The Impact of Fires in Amazon Rainforest on Public Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Adrielle Silva Alencar ◽  
Lívia Barbosa Taveira do Nascimento ◽  
Matheus De Lima Garcia ◽  
Thayanne Moreira de Alencar de Sá Parente ◽  
Welinagyla Correia Rolim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Respiratory Tract Disease ◽  
The Face ◽  
Tract Disease ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
Medical Attendance ◽  
The Impact

Brazil's public health situation is harmed in regions such as amazon rainforest in the face of natural disasters. Recently, the fires in Amazon region contributed to the growth of organic and psychosocial diseases index and to the increase of medical attendance numbers, generating high repercussions and concerns in this scenario.Keywords: Public health; wildfires; natural disasters; respiratory tract disease; mental health.

scholarly journals INVENTANDO UMA CLÍNICA POSSÍVEL: acompanhamento remoto de usuários de saúde mental na pandemia de Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Bárbara Trentin Perdonssini ◽  
Moisés José de Melo Alves ◽  
Jessica Mabel Soares Teixeira Menezes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Remote Monitoring System ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
The City

Este artigo é um relato de experiência de Residentes de um Programa de Residência Multiprofissional em Saúde Mental Coletiva, acerca do trabalho remoto efetuado durante a pandemia da Covid-19 em um serviço público especializado de atenção à saúde mental em Porto Alegre-RS. Como medida de enfrentamento, o município restringiu o funcionamento dos serviços de saúde mental, de modo que grupos e oficinas terapêuticas foram suspensas e as consultas seriam realizadas quando estritamente necessárias. Dada a impossibilidade dos dispositivos habituais, foi criado um sistema de monitoramento remoto dos usuários, visando entender a situação de saúde mental durante o isolamento e disponibilizar ferramentas básicas a fim de instrumentalizá-los ao enfrentamento das adversidades suscitadas pela pandemia, no sentido de prevenção de agravos a médio e longo prazo ao construir esse canal de acompanhamento.INVENTING OF A POSSIBLE CLINIC: remote monitoring of mental health users in the amid of the Covid-19 pandemic Abstract This article is an experience report of Residents of a Multiprofessional Residency Program in Collective Mental Health, about the remote work carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic in a specialized public service of mental health care in Porto Alegre-RS. As a coping measure, the city has restricted the functioning of mental health services, so that therapeutic groups and workshops were suspended and individual therapies would be held when strictly necessary. Given the impossibility of the usual devices, a remote monitoring system for service users was created, aiming at understanding the mental health situation during isolation and providing basic tools in order to equip them to face the adversities caused by the pandemic, in order to prevent damage in the medium and long term through building this monitoring channel. Keywords: Mental Health. Monitoring. Remote Support. Covid-19.

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