scholarly journals COVID-19 and mental health: challenges and first conclusions

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 4-10
Author(s):  
V. E. Medvedev ◽  
O. A. Dogotar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Stress Disorders ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Traumatic Stress Disorders ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Psychopharmacological Agents

Under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapid change in the epidemiological situation, and introduced quarantine measures, there are conditions for a sharp deterioration in the mental health of a wide range of people. There are specific stressors that negatively affect mental health; there are population groups that are more vulnerable to psychological stress and the development of pathological psychological defense reactions; there is a sharp rise in the number of cases of heterogeneous mental disorders (depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorders, etc.) among the population and healthcare workers in the foci of infection. The manifestation or exacerbation of mental illness in turn contributes to the spread of viral infection and is associated with a more frequent development of somatic complications and a poor prognosis. The practical problem is to choose effective psychopharmacological agents for the relief and treatment of mental disorders, by taking into account the need to combine the agents with antiviral drugs in somatically weakened COVID-19 patients.

scholarly journals Mental health in the general population and in health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Population ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Stress Disorders ◽  
Virus Infections ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Traumatic Stress Disorders ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Nursing Professionals

Objective: Map the literature on mental illness in the general population and in health professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: Research carried out within the VHL with the descriptors: covid AND mental health AND nursing professionals, in the database BDENF AND MEDLINE, filtering with the main subjects: Corona virus infections, nursing professionals, health personnel and mental health, using as exclusion criteria articles that were not in the Portuguese language and that were not within the theme of the study, including only articles published in the year 2020. Results: A total of 10 articles were found, all of them were analyzed. Among them, 9 (100%) dealt with the prevalence of mental illness in the general population, 5 (45%) in nurses, two (18%) in other health professionals and one (0.9%) in the general population and nurses. 15 symptoms of mental illness were identified. Conclusion: the Covid-19 pandemic triggered anxiety, depression, stress and post-traumatic stress disorders more frequently in the general population and health professionals. Women, students and nurses are among the most affected.

Psychiatric and post-traumatic stress disorders among COVID-19 survivors

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 157-160
Author(s):  
Ammar Ahmed ◽  
Naeem Aslam Chughtai, PhD ◽  
Qurat- Ul- Ain
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Stress Disorders ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Traumatic Stress Disorders ◽  
Post Traumatic

Evidences related to neuropsychological impact of COVID-19 and its long-term side effects are beginning to emerge that may take years to catalogue the number of diseases and their treatments. Nonetheless, as neuropsychologists are evaluating COVID-19 survivors, a debate related to the psychiatric and neurocognitive sequels of past outbreaks, along with the recurrent co- occurrence of PTSD and acquired brain injuries, may be enlightening. This paper is highlighting the emergence of mental health issues that can be addressed and treatments can be provided according to the need of time. Technology has also been increasing day by day according to the current needs of public. COVID- 19 crisis has now shifted the focus towards the role of digital health care. For ensuring the best and right use of tele-health and app tools in such crises, it is suggested that there is a need for training of mental health professionals to ensure proper protocols for improved efficacy.

scholarly journals Police Officers’ Ability in Recognizing Relevant Mental Health Conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linus Wittmann ◽  
Gunter Groen ◽  
Petra Hampel ◽  
Ronja Petersen ◽  
Astrid Jörns-Presentati
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Stress Disorders ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Perceived Knowledge ◽  
Actual Knowledge ◽  
Mental Health Conditions ◽  
Traumatic Stress Disorders ◽  
Post Traumatic

The recognition of certain mental health conditions is important as this requires police officers to communicate and behave in an adjusted manner with affected individuals. The objective of the present study was to test police officers’ knowledge about mental health symptoms as a component of their mental health literacy (MHL) and to examine if police officers’ perceived knowledge corresponds with their actual knowledge. A questionnaire was used to assess for MHL representing mental health conditions which occur frequently in police requests (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress disorders, and emotionally unstable personality disorder). Furthermore, the questionnaire assessed the frequency of police requests, the officers’ perceived knowledge regarding mental disorders and their sense of feeling sufficiently trained to deal with these kinds of requests. Eighty-two police officers participated in the study. Police officers’ actual knowledge about mental health conditions did not correspond with their perceived knowledge. Participants revealed a moderately high level of overall knowledge which differed with regard to symptoms of each of the five mental health conditions. The mental status of a paranoid schizophrenia was best identified by the police officers and the majority correctly allocated the symptoms. Post-traumatic stress disorders and manic episodes were only identified by a minority of police offers. Police training geared to prepare for requests involving individuals with mental disorders should expand this limited knowledge transfer and focus on a broader variety of mental health conditions that police officers frequently encounter in requests.

„Meine Seele ist vom Sturm getrieben …“

Millennium ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-202
Author(s):  
Patrick Reinard ◽  
Christian Rollinger
Keyword(s):  
War Trauma ◽  
Ancient World ◽  
Stress Disorders ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Person Perspective ◽  
Traumatic Stress Disorders ◽  
Post Traumatic

AbstractA contribution to a scholarly controversy that has been on-going for a quarter century now, this article provides a critical review of previous studies on the existence of post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) as a consequence of extreme violence in the ancient world. It highlights methodological difficulties in attempting to ‘diagnose’ psychological illnesses across a distance of more than two millennia by means of highly stylized literary texts. Simultaneously, it introduces crucial new evidence in the form of a late antique papyrus originally published in 1924 (P.Oxy. 16/1873), which has hitherto been almost completely ignored by scholarship. The papyrus, a letter written by a man called Martyrios in sixth century Lycopolis and addressed to his father, recounts psychological war trauma as a result of an attack on his hometown. He does so in a first-person perspective, using a highly select and unusual vocabulary to describe his emotional impairment. Because of its syntactical and vocabulary extravagance, this letter is sometimes seen as a fictional literary reflex. The authors argue, on the contrary, that this letter is the only reliable documentary evidence for psychological war trauma from the ancient world known so far.

scholarly journals PAI-1 protein is a key molecular effector in the transition from normal to PTSD-like fear memory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Bouarab ◽  
V. Roullot-Lacarrière ◽  
M. Vallée ◽  
A. Le Roux ◽  
C. Guette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Predictive Biomarker ◽  
Stress Disorders ◽  
Glucocorticoid Hormones ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Traumatic Stress Disorders ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Very High ◽  
Moderate Stress ◽  
Pai 1

AbstractModerate stress increases memory and facilitates adaptation. In contrast, intense stress can induce pathological memories as observed in post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). A shift in the balance between the expression of tPA and PAI-1 proteins is responsible for this transition. In conditions of moderate stress, glucocorticoid hormones increase the expression of the tPA protein in the hippocampal brain region which by triggering the Erk1/2MAPK signaling cascade strengthens memory. When stress is particularly intense, very high levels of glucocorticoid hormones then increase the production of PAI-1 protein, which by blocking the activity of tPA induces PTSD-like memories. PAI-1 levels after trauma could be a predictive biomarker of the subsequent appearance of PTSD and pharmacological inhibition of PAI-1 activity a new therapeutic approach to this debilitating condition.

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