COVID-19 infodemic and Indonesian emotional and mental health state

The currently ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic induced built-up fear and anxiety notably with non-stop surge information through all media. Understanding of emotional and mental health impact during this state is urgently needed for further intervention. This study aimed to identify the current pattern of depression, anxiety, stress and, emotional disorder presented in the society and the association between Indonesian news-seeking behaviour and their mental health state during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-sectional study with 1,508 respondents was carried out with online questionnaire consisted of depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS) and SRQ-20 as assessment tools that was distributed through social media platforms from April 2−June 8, 2020. Data was analyzed using Mann Whitney, Kruskal Wallis, Post Hoc with Bonferroni, and Chi-square test (p<0.05). As much as 20.7% of respondents were depressed, 36.9% had anxiety, 25.5% had been stress, and 27.6% had emotional disorder. Most respondents actively searched about COVID-19 especially through television and social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Type of news and level of trust in COVID-19 news were the factors that influenced emotional and mental health state (p=<0.05). Providing mental health support in a timely and appropriate manner through a hotline team, media, or multidisciplinary team, including mental health professional is an important thing that the Indonesian government must do to help the Indonesian people through this pandemic.

Research Progress on the Mechanism of College Students' Emotional Disorder and Sports Intervention Program

At present, the problem of emotional disorders in college student has attracted more and more attention from the society, and mental health problems have become a common problem in the process of young people’s growth, learning and life. Especially, the physiological characteristics of growth and development during university leads to the occurrence of anxiety, which require external intervention and guidance. Now, mental health education in China is generally absent, and the treatment of mental health is incomplete. There is a lack of scientific method guidance for mental health intervention and guidance for college students. The college students have just gone through the learning in universities. After entering the society, they are in a relatively relaxed state both in body and mind. This phase is also a stage when problems are easy to occur. This paper studies the relevant literature, analyzes the mechanism of college students' emotional disorder, and puts forward reasonable sports intervention programs.

Social Rejection Sensitivity and its Role in Adolescent Mental Health

Many socio-emotional disorders first emerge during adolescence, a time characterized by development in social functioning. Social risk factors, such as social rejection sensitivity (SRS), then, may be promising targets for intervention. To explore this, 362 participants (M (SD) age=19.66 (4.8), 63% female) completed a novel social interpretation bias modification task, the ambiguous social scenarios task (ASST). Supporting the importance of SRS in the experience of socio-emotional disorders, SRS partially accounted for variance in the relationship between parental rejection and socio-emotional disorder symptomatology. Moreover, individual differences in SRS accounted for variance in negative interpretation bias change, from before to after the ASST. Individuals with greater SRS showed less change in interpretation bias. SRS appears strongly associated with socio-emotional disorder symptoms in young people. Importantly, SRS was associated with the malleability of negative interpretation bias, which may help account for the mixed findings on the effectiveness of interpretation-bias-modification paradigms in young people.

Therapist Materials for the Natural Function of Emotions

The session covered in this chapter looks at the natural, adaptive, helpful function of different emotions. Though emotions are not necessarily serving an adaptive or helpful function when someone has an emotional disorder, it is useful to understand that every emotion does have a useful purpose in nature. Knowing the function of the emotion can help clients understand why they are having certain emotions at certain times. Emotions such as fear, sadness, anxiety, anger, guilt, and disgust are discussed. In this session, clients also explore the function of internal physical sensations, with the aim of understanding that while sensations may be uncomfortable, they are not dangerous.

Mental Emotional Disorder due to Inhalant in Medan

BACKGROUND: Inhalants, also known as volatile substances or solvents, are volatile hydrocarbons, which become gases at room temperature. Inhalants are substances commonly used by homeless teenagers. The effects of this substance vary including stamina enhancing effect, self-resistance, agitation, paranoid, hallucinations, and chest pain. We expect that this case report is able to show how vulnerable teens are to become users of illegal substance, such as inhalants, particularly those who come from low socio-economical background. CASE REPORT: Mental emotional disorders are commonly found among a 14–18-year-old man who engages in glue sniffing that may end up with jail. Most of the cases in Medan were found in children from broken home families or with low financial background, dropping out of school, and those suffering from bullying. Therefore, we particularly report a case of a 14-year-old boy who uses inhalant (glue) in Medan. CONCLUSION: Several studies show that the use of inhalants in street children is quite high.

Validity of the Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 for Depression Based on National Health Survey

Background: Adequate data is required to assess the validity of mental emotional disorder for depression based on Indonesia Basic Health Research. The purpose of this study is to assess the validity of mental-emotional disorder using Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20) to the depression evaluated through the means of a MINI (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview) questionnaire. Methods: The data were obtained from a total sample of 555,066 subjects analyzed from the National Health Survey (NHS) in 2018. These subjects were at least 15 years old with their mental-emotional disorders and depression assessed by using the SRQ and MINI, respectively. This study used the calculation of sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value, positive and negative likelihood ratio, ROC (receiver operating characteristic), kappa Brennan, and Prediger with the STATA statistical program version 15.00 to analyzed the data. Results: The cut-off point in each group was different, ranging from 4 and 6 that almost all of the Area Under Curve (AUC) values were above 0.90 and the SRQ agreement with MINI depression are good because they all have values above 0.80. Conclusion: The results obtained are used as material to predict the rate of depression in Indonesian residents aged ≥ 15 years.