Mental health of students amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: An empirical study DOI Creative Commons
Md. Ashraful Alam, Ahmed Ishmum Uddin, Md. Aftab Uddin

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Heliyon, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 8(3), P. e09111 - e09111

Published: March 1, 2022

Considering the severity of global outbreak coronavirus (COVID-19) on whole humanity, particularly in this case physical and mental health students, study strives to explore role financial worries, employment anxiety COVID-19 knowledge depression among students Bangladesh.In study, a deductive reasoning approach was employed, together with self-administered questionnaire survey. Questionnaires were sent respondents via different social media by email creating Google form link. We finally received 387 responses aged over 18 years who had internet access order complete To analyze data, structural equation modeling AMOS used.The results showed that anxiety, worry, positively influence depression, negatively influences students. Thus, our findings supported all proposed hypotheses.The research enriches existing literature pool contributing empirical substantiation worries impact health.

Language: Английский

Suicide before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis DOI Open Access
Yifei Yan, Jianhua Hou, Qing Li

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 20(4), P. 3346 - 3346

Published: Feb. 14, 2023

Synthesizing evidence to examine changes in suicide-related outcomes before and during the pandemic can inform suicide management COVID-19 crisis. We searched 13 databases as of December 2022 for studies reporting both pre- peri-pandemic prevalence suicidal ideation, attempts, or rate death by suicide. A random-effects model was used pool ratio peri- pre-pandemic ideation attempt (Prevalence Ratio—PR) (Rate Ratio; RR). identified 51, 55, 25 samples attempt, The increased significantly among non-clinical (PR = 1.142; 95% CI: 1.018–1.282; p 0.024; k 28) clinical 1.134; 1.048–1.227; 0.002; 23) samples, pooled estimates differed population study design. Suicide attempts were more prevalent 1.14; 1.053–1.233; 0.001; 30) 1.32; 1.17–1.489; 0.000; 25) participants. RR 0.923 (95% 0.84–1.01; 0.092; 25), indicating a nonsignificant downward trend. An upward trend observed pandemic, despite remaining stable. Our findings suggest that timely prevention intervention programs are highly needed adult patients. Monitoring real-time long-run risk evolves is warranted.

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Excess suicides in Brazil: Inequalities according to age groups and regions during the COVID-19 pandemic DOI
Jesem Douglas Yamall Orellana, Maximiliano Loiola Ponte de Souza

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 68(5), P. 997 - 1009

Published: May 27, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed more than six million direct deaths. Low-and middle-income countries, such Brazil, were severely hit, not only due to effects on mortality, but also for its indirect other causes of deaths.The objective this study was estimate the excess suicides in Brazil and evaluate patterns within between regions during 2020.The observed are gathered from mortality information system Brazilian Ministry Health. estimates expected suicides, according sex, age group, bimonthly period region, reached through quasi-Poisson generalized additive models, with adjustment overdispersion. analyses performed R software, version 3.6.1 RStudio, 1.2.1335.From March 2020 December 2020, 10,409 resulting an overall decrease 13%, comparison rate period. There 26% men Northern region 60 years as well women 30 59 group two consecutive periods. Excess 40% Northeastern region.Despite over assessed, substantial different groups sexes country, which that historically prone health socioeconomic inequalities.

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Suicide rates before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis DOI Creative Commons

Ana Paula da Cunha Varella,

Eve Griffin, Ali S. Khashan

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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 59(11), P. 1897 - 1905

Published: Feb. 14, 2024

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health issues such as depression and anxiety are well-documented in literature, but its influence suicidal patterns shows divergent results. We aim to comprehensively synthesize evidence potential changes or stability suicide rates during worldwide.

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Psychology needs to get tired of winning DOI Creative Commons
Gerald J. Haeffel

Royal Society Open Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 9(6)

Published: June 1, 2022

Psychological science is on an extraordinary winning streak. A review of the published literature shows that nearly all study hypotheses are supported. This means either theories correct, or biased towards positive findings. Results from large-scale replication projects and prevalence questionable research practices indicate latter. a problem because progresses being wrong. For decades, there have been calls for better adoption strong inference approach to science. However, little reason believe psychological ready change. Although recent developments like open movement improved transparency replicability, they not addressed science's method-oriented (rather than problem-oriented) mindset. still does embrace scientific method developing theories, conducting critical tests those detecting contradictory results, revising (or disposing of) accordingly. In this article, I why psychologists must wrong how Registered Report format might be one strategy stopping psychology's

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Suicide Following the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak: Variation Across Place, Over Time, and Across Sociodemographic Groups. A Systematic Integrative Review DOI Open Access
Gonzalo Martínez‐Alés, Alejandro G. Szmulewicz, Teresa López‐Cuadrado

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Current Psychiatry Reports, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 25(7), P. 283 - 300

Published: May 25, 2023

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Anxious and depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life in a cohort of people who recently attempted suicide: A network analysis DOI
Vincenzo Oliva, Natalia Roberto, Jorge Andreo-Jover

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Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 355, P. 210 - 219

Published: March 26, 2024

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Fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD among Syrian refugee parents in Canada DOI Creative Commons

Parastoo Sharif-Esfahani,

Reem Hoteit, Christo El Morr

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Journal of Migration and Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 5, P. 100081 - 100081

Published: Jan. 1, 2022

The high frequency of COVID-19 has had an impact on the psychological health all countries and socioeconomic groups around world, with refugees suffering brunt burden. aim was to assess relationship between fear depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD among Syrian refugee parents residing in Greater Toronto Area.A convenience sample 274 Ontario recruited. Fear measured using Scale (FCV-19S). Levels stress were assessed Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), Primary Care screen (PC-PTSD). Multiple Linear Regression analyses performed FCV-19S DASS-21 subscales PC-PTSD.Severe levels reported by 12.2%, 26.8%, 9.7% participants respectively, 24.1% screened positive for PTSD. associated higher (β = 0.27, p 0.006), anxiety 0.40, <0.001), depression 0.32, 0.001) 0.04, 0.015).Government initiatives should consider tackling concerning pandemics help enhance their mental well-being.

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Exploring characteristics of increased suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan using provisional governmental data DOI Creative Commons
Motohiro Okada, Ryusuke Matsumoto, Eishi Motomura

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The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 24, P. 100481 - 100481

Published: May 30, 2022

The Japanese age-standardised death rate of suicide (SDR) had decreased during 2009-2019, but increased in 2020-2021, the COVID-19 pandemic.This study aimed to explain trend change SDR pandemic, disaggregated by prefecture, gender, method and household, as compared predicted derived from pre-pandemic data, using linear mixed-effect hierarchical regression models with robust standard error analyses.The was lower March-June 2020 (during first wave pandemic), higher July-December than SDR. In 2021, males' nearly equal SDR, whereas females' metropolitan-region (17.5%: 95% confidence interval: 13.9-21.2%) non-metropolitan-region (24.7%: 22.8-26.7%) continued be These gender- region-dependent temporal fluctuations were synchronised those SDRs caused hanging, at home single-person-households. Additionally, rising number infected patients SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic examinations positively (β = 0.024) negatively =-0.002) related respectively.Japanese statistics have previously established that predominant place hanging individual's home, respectively. present findings suggest transformed lifestyles increasing time spent enhanced risk people home.Regional Suicide Countermeasures Emergency Enhancement Fund Mie Prefecture (2021-40).

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Suicide mortality in Spain in 2020: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic DOI Open Access
Alejandro de la Torre‐Luque, Andrés Pemau, Víctor Pérez

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Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 116 - 118

Published: Feb. 2, 2022

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A state level analyses of suicide and the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico DOI Creative Commons
Guilherme Borges, José Ángel García, Jane Pirkis

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BMC Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 22(1)

Published: July 9, 2022

While suicide rates in high- and middle-income countries appeared stable the early stages of pandemic, we know little about within-country variations. We sought to investigate impact COVID-19 on Mexico's 32 states identify factors that may have contributed observed variations between states.

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