The application of metaverse in healthcare DOI Creative Commons
Yue Wang,

Mengying Zhu,

Xi Chen

et al.

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: July 29, 2024

While metaverse is widely discussed, comprehension of its intricacies remains limited to a select few. Conceptually akin three-dimensional embodiment the Internet, facilitates simultaneous existence in both physical and virtual domains. Fundamentally, it embodies visually immersive environment, striving for authenticity, where individuals engage real-world activities such as commerce, gaming, social interaction, leisure pursuits. The global pandemic has accelerated digital innovations across diverse sectors. Beyond strides telehealth, payment systems, remote monitoring, secure data exchange, substantial advancements have been achieved artificial intelligence (AI), reality (VR), augmented (AR), blockchain technologies. Nevertheless, metaverse, nascent stage, continues evolve, harboring significant potential revolutionizing healthcare. Through integration with Internet Medical Devices, quantum computing, robotics, stands poised redefine healthcare offering enhancements surgical precision therapeutic modalities, thus promising profound transformations within industry.

Language: Английский

Mental Health Issues During and After COVID-19 Vaccine Era DOI Open Access

Kabita Pandey,

Michellie Thurman, Samuel D. Johnson

et al.

Brain Research Bulletin, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 176, P. 161 - 173

Published: Sept. 3, 2021

Language: Английский

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COVID-19, social isolation and the mental health of autistic people and their families: A qualitative study DOI Creative Commons
Elizabeth Pellicano, Simon Brett, Jacquiline den Houting

et al.

Autism, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 26(4), P. 914 - 927

Published: Aug. 6, 2021

In this study, we show that autistic people and their families have found it very difficult to deal with the lockdowns during COVID-19 pandemic. Autistic non-autistic researchers spoke 144 people, including 44 adults, 84 parents of children 16 young (12-18 years old). We asked them about everyday lives mental health lockdown. People told us they enjoyed having fewer obligations demands compared pre-COVID-19 life. They felt life was quieter calmer. But also again how much missed meeting in real life, especially friends, therapists support workers. suffered because did not contact friends services. Importantly, many (including researchers) think do want or be around people. our results is true. Many other Some people's has been damaged by being able see COVID-19. need areas so can keep socialising seeing even through times, like pandemics.

Language: Английский

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Die COVID-19-Pandemie als Herausforderung für die psychische Gesundheit DOI
Eva‐Lotta Brakemeier, Janine Wirkner, Christine Knaevelsrud

et al.

Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 49(1), P. 1 - 31

Published: Jan. 1, 2020

Zusammenfassung. Die COVID-19-Pandemie als multidimensionaler und potenziell toxischer Stressfaktor führt auch in Deutschland zu psychischen Problemen der Allgemeinbevölkerung wird voraussichtlich einen Anstieg Inzidenz- Prävalenzraten psychischer Störungen bedingen. In diesem Positionspapier erfolgt daher eine wissenschaftlich differenzierte Betrachtung psychologischen Auswirkungen auf verschiedene Altersstufen sowie psychische Vulnerabilitäten Störungsbilder, wobei Chancen für die Gesundheit psychotherapeutische Versorgung diskutiert werden. Basierend den Befunden werden abschließend u. a. folgende gesundheitspolitische Ziele Maßnahmen abgeleitet: Implementierung von universellen indizierten modularen Präventionsangeboten Anpassung evidenzbasierten Richtlinienpsychotherapien hinsichtlich Bedarf, Inhalt Modalität. Klinische Psychologie Psychotherapie stellt aufgrund ihrer ausgewiesenen Expertise im Bereich zentrales Wissen erfolgreiche Bewältigung zur Verfügung kann interdisziplinären interprofessionellen Kooperationen dazu beitragen, Herausforderungen anzugehen.

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Structure and function in human and primate social networks: implications for diffusion, network stability and health DOI Creative Commons
R. I. M. Dunbar

Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 476(2240)

Published: Aug. 1, 2020

The human social world is orders of magnitude smaller than our highly urbanized might lead us to suppose. In addition, networks have a very distinct fractal structure similar that observed in other primates. part, this reflects cognitive constraint, and part time on the capacity for interaction. Structured kind significant effect rates transmission both disease information. Because mechanism underpinning network based trust, internal external threats undermine trust or constrain interaction inevitably result fragmentation restructuring networks. contexts where sizes are smaller, likely impacts psychological physical health risks.

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Psychological well-being during COVID-19 lockdown: Insights from a Saudi State University’s Academic Community DOI Creative Commons
Hanan Alfawaz, Kaiser Wani,

Abdulaziz A. Aljumah

et al.

Journal of King Saud University - Science, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 33(1), P. 101262 - 101262

Published: Dec. 2, 2020

Measures to control the on-going COVID-19 pandemic such as quarantine and social distancing, together with information overload about sporadic spread of disease have negatively impacted many individuals' mental psychosocial health. This study aimed investigate prevalence self-reported health parameters coping mechanisms employees students in a Saudi State University. An online survey both Arabic English was launched targeting students, staff faculty King Saud University from May 11 June 6, 2020, peak Arabia's nationwide lockdown. A total 1542 respondents (726 males 816 females) aged 20–65 years old participated. Majority claimed suffered anxiety (58.1%), depression (50.2%) insomnia (32.2%) during On average, 65.3% agreed that family bond strengthened Those highest quartile bonding score (Q4) were 41% [odds ratio (OR) 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.59 (0.39–0.87), p < 0.001] 59% [OR 0.41 (CI 0.27–0.64), less likely be anxious depressed, respectively, even after adjusting for covariates. independent significant inverse association more apparent females than males. Self-reported acute disorders common within academic community Strength mechanism instrumental preserving well-being, especially females.

Language: Английский

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Social Support and Cognition: A Systematic Review DOI Creative Commons
Stefanella Costa‐Cordella, Camilo Arévalo-Romero, Francisco J. Parada

et al.

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Feb. 23, 2021

Although the influence of social support in health is a widely acknowledged factor, there significant gap understanding its role on cognition. The purpose this systematic review was, therefore, to determine state-of-the-art literature testing association between and Using six databases (WoS, PubMed, ProQuest, PsycINFO, Scopus EBSCOhost), we identified 22 articles published 1999 2019 involving an empirical quantitative focus which meet inclusion criteria. Data extraction was performed following PRISMA recommendations. To summarize extracted data, used narrative synthesis approach. Despite limitations, overall preliminary evidence relevant positive Our results demonstrate enough information for outbreak experimental research area expansion body knowledge. We argue that present lays foundations more comprehensive theoretical model, one corresponds with complexity topic possibly considers models derived from interaction active inference theories.

Language: Английский

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Loneliness and the Social Brain: How Perceived Social Isolation Impairs Human Interactions DOI Creative Commons
Jana Lieberz, Simone Shamay‐Tsoory, Nira Saporta

et al.

Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 8(21)

Published: Sept. 20, 2021

Loneliness is a painful condition associated with increased risk for premature mortality. The formation of new, positive social relationships can alleviate feelings loneliness, but requires rapid trustworthiness decisions during initial encounters and it still unclear how loneliness hinders interpersonal trust. Here, multimodal approach including behavioral, psychophysiological, hormonal, neuroimaging measurements used to probe trust-based mechanism underlying impaired interactions in loneliness. Pre-stratified healthy individuals high scores (n = 42 out screened sample 3678 adults) show reduced oxytocinergic affective responsiveness conversation, report less trust, prefer larger distances compared controls 40). Moreover, lonely are rated as trustworthy identified by the blinded confederate better than chance. During trust decisions, exhibit attenuated limbic striatal activation blunted functional connectivity between anterior insula occipitoparietal regions, which correlates diminished interaction. This neural response pattern not mediated loneliness-associated psychological symptoms. Thus, results indicate compromised integration trust-related information shared neurobiological component yielding reciprocally reinforced bias dyads.

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Loneliness and psychological distress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Relationships with social media identity bubbles DOI Creative Commons
Rita Latikka, Aki Koivula, Reetta Oksa

et al.

Social Science & Medicine, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 293, P. 114674 - 114674

Published: Dec. 21, 2021

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and mental health are a concern worldwide. This article is based two longitudinal studies that investigated role social media use in loneliness psychological distress before during pandemic. Study 1 utilized nationally representative 3-point data (n = 735) collected 2017-2020 Finnish population. 2 5-point 840) 2019-2021 representing working We analyzed using multilevel mixed-effects regression analysis. A analysis showed perceived did not increase among population Stronger involvement identity bubbles predicted lower results since outbreak pandemic, has increased lonely individuals but general Involvement generally it buffer against higher individuals. The findings suggest risk factor for prolonged negative effects Social can offer meaningful resources times distancing cannot protect those who perceive themselves as often lonely.

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SARS-CoV-2 and the Brain: What Do We Know about the Causality of ‘Cognitive COVID? DOI Open Access
Hashir Ali Awan, Mufaddal Najmuddin Diwan,

Alifiya Aamir

et al.

Journal of Clinical Medicine, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 10(15), P. 3441 - 3441

Published: Aug. 2, 2021

The second year of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic has seen need to identify and assess long-term consequences a SARS-CoV-2 infection on an individual’s overall wellbeing, including adequate cognitive functioning. ‘Cognitive COVID’ is informal term coined interchangeably refer acute changes in cognition during and/or sequelae with various deficits following infection. These may manifest as altered levels consciousness, encephalopathy-like symptoms, delirium, loss memory domains. Dysexecutive syndrome peculiar manifestation well. In previous major outbreaks viruses like SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV Influenza. There have been attempts understand underlying mechanisms describing causality similar symptoms This review, therefore, attempting highlight current understanding direct indirect mechanisms, focusing role neurotropism SARS-CoV-2, general pro-inflammatory state, pandemic-associated psychosocial stressors COVID.’ Neurotropism associated retrograde neuronal transmission via olfactory pathway, hematogenous spread, virus using immune cells vectors. high amounts inflammation caused by COVID-19, compounded potential intubation, are deleterious effect Finally, pandemic’s unique impact raised alarm due its possible cognition. Furthermore, surfacing reports post-COVID-vaccination impairments after vaccines containing mRNA encoding for spike glycoprotein we hypothesize their ways mitigate risk. quality life individual fact that even minor proportion cases developing impairment could be significant burden already overwhelmed healthcare systems across world make it vital gather further evidence regarding prevalence, presentation, correlations, these events reevaluate our approach accommodate early identification, management, rehabilitation patients exhibiting symptoms.

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Social isolation and the brain: effects and mechanisms DOI Open Access
Ying Xiong, Huilin Hong, Cirong Liu

et al.

Molecular Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 28(1), P. 191 - 201

Published: Nov. 25, 2022

Language: Английский

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