Prof. Ketevan Inasaridze

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketevan Inasaridze
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Psychological Counseling ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
The World ◽  
Education Science

In 2020, the situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic in the world, including in Georgia, led to the emergence of a number of mental health problems in the population. The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia has started to establish a psychological hotline to solve the psychological problems in the Georgian educational space. This article aims to increase the knowledge of the psychologists involved in the psychological hotline service about the main issues of psychological counseling

Rising to the challenges of COVID-19: the front line of care and support for people with long-term mental health problems and the response of Northern Healthcare

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Kelly Winstanley ◽  
Noel Tracey ◽  
Ashley Mancey-Johnson ◽  
Kevin Gournay
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Supported Living ◽  
The World

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted on us all. However, people living with long-term mental health problems will remain vulnerable over the coming months, because of the restrictions that will remain in place until a vaccine has been discovered and used on the wider population. This paper describes how Northern Healthcare, an organisation that has developed a model of enhanced supported living for this population, has responded to the crisis. This response has seen a focus on residents, staff and on measures aimed at alleviating the burden on the wider NHS. Of importance, there are lessons to be learned, as it is entirely possible that the world will need to deal with future, similar pandemics.

scholarly journals CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF STIGMA LEADING TO MENTAL DISORDERS AMONG LEPROSY AFFECTED: KEY ELEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF COUNSELLING TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moturu S. Raju
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Preventive Mental Health ◽  
Counselling Needs ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

In order to explore standardised approaches for preventive mental health care rather than treatment of diseases manifested, an action research was carried out on What are the unfulfilled needs of leprosy affected that are creating crisis situations and leading to mental health issues and a practicably affective process of counselling and the essential stages to be involved in carrying out in individual counselling of leprosy affected. The study was conducted in the counselling center of referral hospital of Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation on 146 leprosy affected and counselling provided by trained counsellors in every monthly visit for MDT till declared RFT. Findings show the process of counselling practiced towards prevention of mental health problems may be illustrated as the following five essential stages viz. Rapport establishment, Identification of crisis situation, Diagnosis of Psycho-social problems and reasons thereof, Ascertaining of counselling needs, and Fulfilment of needs through counselling. Analysis shows the psychological problems are basically develop from cognition viz. lack of knowledge, lack of conviction, Lack of knowledge about Cure, Lack of conviction about known facts of cure, Fear of society/ family/ reactions/ deformities, loneliness- Lack of social support to the patient, possession of misconceptions of the patient or the family members or the community members who creates socio-behavioural problems which in turn cause psychological problems. Maintenance of mental health starts from identification of needs and fulfilment which otherwise need to mental problems. The study concludes that a systematic counselling along with leprosy treatment can be a successful method to prevent the mental health problems prior to reaching the stage of needing treatment.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review through the Lens of 9-Month-based Knowledge and Brief Snapshots of 10 Cases and Five Family Units, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
pp. 14-47
Author(s):  
Naseem Akhtar Qureshi ◽  
Abdulhameed Abdullah Al- Habeeb
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has questioning origin in Wuhan, an industrial city of China. The novel coronavirus 2 (NCV2) was first identified in December 2019, and World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a global public health emergency on 30 January 2020, officially named it as COVID-19 on February 11 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. COVID-19 causes physical and mental health problems of variable severity and outcomes among people around the world. Objective: This study has two aims;1) to conduct a scoping review of COVID-19’s epidemiological trend, clinical manifestations, therapeutics, diagnosis, and progress on vaccine development; and 2) to describe a case series of ten consultees’ and conveniently selected five family units’ mental and physical health effects of COVID-19 over the past 9 months, December to August 31, 2020. Methods: We used keywords and Boolean Operators for conducting electronic searches of published literature in three largest databases on COVID-19 and regularly received notifications from COVID-19 resource centers, scientific journals, international and national research and economic institutions, and various websites, which helped to retain 82 articles after iterative screening for this review. In addition, 10 cases and the heads of 5 family units were interviewed virtually for assessing the mental and physical health of all family members affected by COVID-19. Results: COVID-19 pandemic presents with variable clinical manifestations and outcomes attributable to the persons’ immune system, age and gender, physical and mental comorbidities, and adversely affects the biopsychosocial, cultural and economic fabrics of the world population. Basic preventive precautions and nonspecific drug interventions against COVID-19 are relatively effective with inconstant morbidity and mortality, and vaccine development researches (phase I-III) are in progress around the world. All persons in case series, not corona positive except one, presented with mental and physical health problems of wider nature that required integrated treatment interventions while majority of family unit members were less affected mentally or physically by COVID-19 and improved with preventive precautions. Conclusion: COVID-19 is highly virulent disease linked with variable mental health problems, greater morbidity and mortality, severe strains on healthcare organizations and economic downturn around the world. Despite difficult access to services, overall our case series and family members showed good outcome. Information concerning COVID-19 is continuously evolving and, hence, further scoping reviews, randomized clinical trials and surveys concerning its several perspectives are needed in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Gulf countries.

Psychological Problems in Christian and Moslem Primary Care Patients in Greece

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Androutsopoulou ◽  
M. Livaditis ◽  
K. I. Xenitidis ◽  
G. Trypsianis ◽  
M. Samakouri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Health Care Staff

Objective: Psychiatric problems are often expressed through, or coexist with, somatic symptoms. Cultural factors may influence this association. This study aims to 1) estimate the prevalence of mental health problems in a sample of primary care attendees in a rural area of Greece, and 2) investigate the differences in psychiatric symptomatology among patients from different religious/cultural backgrounds. Method: Over a three-month period, 300 consecutive adult patients (Christians and Moslems) at the rural Primary Care Health Centre of Iasmos in Thrace, Greece, were assessed with the 28-item General Health Questionnaire. Results: The probable prevalence of mental health problems was estimated at 32 percent. Only for a small minority of the patients (3.3 percent) psychological problems were the presenting complaint. Moslems scored significantly higher than Christians in the somatic complaints subscale ( p < 0.001). Conclusions: Mental health problems are common in primary care although they rarely constitute a reason for consultation. Sociocultural background may affect the presentation of psychological distress. Primary health care staff have a significant role in identifying hidden psychiatric morbidity.

Predicting Psychological Characteristics by Smartphone Usage Behaviors

2015 ◽  
pp. 424-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusong Gao ◽  
Minglong Lei ◽  
Tingshao Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Health State ◽  
The World

In recent years, smartphones become rapidly popular across the world. Meanwhile, since mental health problems became more serious, psychological characteristics including personalities and mental health state draw more researchers' attention. Generally, self-report and interview are two mostly used techniques for assessing people's mental state or personality traits. In this chapter, we overviewed some researches that focused on accessing psychological characteristics by smartphone usage behaviors. Firstly, we discussed some previous researches analyzing smartphone usage behaviors and psychological characteristics, and further discussed typical research work predicting psychological characteristics based on smartphone usage behaviors. In these literatures, results indicated that most dimensions of users' mental state and personality traits could be identified from their smartphone usage fairly well.

Legal protection of the right to work and employment for persons with mental health problems: a review of legislation across the world

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renuka Nardodkar ◽  
Soumitra Pathare ◽  
Antonio Ventriglio ◽  
João Castaldelli-Maia ◽  
Kenneth R. Javate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Right To Work ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right ◽  
Work And Employment

scholarly journals A Cross-Sectional Study on Mental Health Problems of Medical and Nonmedical Students in Shandong During the COVID-19 Epidemic Recovery Period

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolei Zheng ◽  
Yuji Guo ◽  
Hui Yang ◽  
Liyan Luo ◽  
Bailiu Ya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
College Students ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Shandong Province ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Medical College

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in a plethora of psychological problems worldwide since its onset in December 2019. In the upheaval period, compared with medical college students, nonmedical students' psychological state deserves additional concern due to their lack of medical knowledge. Although the epidemic in China has been largely controlled for several months, the mental health problems resulting from the COVID-19 epidemic persist to this day. In this study, we assessed the mental health problems and associated risk factors experienced by nonmedical vs. medical college students in universities of Shandong Province during the COVID-19 epidemic recovery period.Methods: An online survey was conducted over the period from 17 to 19 December 2020. A total of 954 Chinese college students (486 nonmedical and 468 medical students) from three universities of Shandong Province participated in the survey. Mental health variables were assessed with use of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI).Results: Compared with medical students, nonmedical college students had higher prevalence rates of depression (53.9 vs. 46.4%; p = 0.020) and insomnia (28.0 vs. 22.4%, p = 0.049), as well as higher total scores on the PHQ-9 (p = 0.03) and ISI (p &lt; 0.01). Among nonmedical college students, being female and native of non-Shandong were risk factors for anxiety and depression (p &lt; 0.01), while only native of non-Shandong for insomnia (p &lt; 0.01). Among medical students, age (p &lt; 0.01) and living in rural areas (p = 0.04) were risk factors for depression, while only age (p &lt; 0.05) was a risk factor for anxiety and insomnia.Conclusion: Nonmedical college students in the universities of Shandong Province had more mental health problems and more risk factors for developing them during the COVID-19 epidemic recovery period than medical students. These nonmedical students require additional attention and recovery programs to alleviate the increased incidence of psychological problems related to COVID-19.

scholarly journals The Measurement of Mental Health Problems Among Adolescents and Young Adults Throughout the World

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-362
Author(s):  
Liliana Carvajal ◽  
Jennifer Harris Requejo ◽  
Charles E. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
The World
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