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The aim of this study was to compare of psychiatric symptoms in patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in intensive care units and non-intensive care units.

3351 hospitalized patients due to COVID-19 were retrospectively scanned, and 130 of patients were checked by attending consultation psychiatrists.

The mean age of the patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in ICU (75±11.3) was higher than those hospitalized in non-ICU (57.9±14) (p<0.001). The rate of patients aged 65 and over was higher in patients with COVID-19 hospitalized ICU (86.3%) than those hopitalized in non-ICU (40.5%) (p<0.001). The frequency of psychiatric consultations due to delirium was higher in the patients hospitalized in ICU than those hospitalized in non-ICU (p<0.001). Haloperidol and SSRIs were preferred more frequently by psychiatrists in the patients hospitalized in ICU than those hospitalized in non-ICU (p<0.001 and p=0.041, respectively).

Insomnia and delirium are the most frequent psychiatric manifestations in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and delirium and anxiety are more common in the COVID-19 patients who are hospitalized in ICU.

Insomnia and delirium are the most frequent psychiatric manifestations in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and delirium and anxiety are more common in the COVID-19 patients who are hospitalized in ICU.

Past studies provide crucial evidence that pregnancy and childbirth increase the risk of emotional vulnerability and instability. Current research intends to explore the role of early maladaptive schemas and mindfulness as determinants of postpartum depression for expecting mothers during COVID-19 pandemic.

The data was collected from 170 expecting mothers who conceived and gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Edinburgh postnatal depression scale, the young schema questionnaire-SF 75 items, and the Kentucky inventory for mindfulness scale were administered.

Results discovered that mindfulness partially mediated the relationship between three kinds of early maladaptive schemas and postpartum depression.

Mindfulness-based control techniques can be considered to buffer the impact of the early maladaptive schemas on postpartum depression, for mothers who give birth during any challenging time.

Mindfulness-based control techniques can be considered to buffer the impact of the early maladaptive schemas on postpartum depression, for mothers who give birth during any challenging time.

Our study aimed to evaluate the extent of family physicians’ anxiety about the viral epidemic and work-related stress associated with the viral epidemic as well as examining the effects of COVID-19 vaccination period on such situations.

Data collection forms including the SAVE-9 scale, prepared for this cross-sectional study, were converted into online questionnaires and sent to family physicians in order to evaluate and examine the extent of anxiety and stress of family physicians working as family physicians in different provinces of Turkey via e-mails and communication groups between December, 2020 and March, 2021. The responses of 500 family physicians who were accessible in this way and volunteered to participate in the study were recorded to be analysed. Of all the 500 physicians, the SAVE-9 scale was re-administered to the subgroup of 50 family physicians in the post-vaccination period. The responses were compared with those received in the pre-vaccination period.

Of all the 500 family physicians in this study, 40.6% of them were found to be in a state of anxiety about the viral epidemic. In particular, the scores of anxiety about the viral epidemic and of work-related stress were found much higher in female physicians and in those reporting that they had inadequate income. While there was a significant decline in the scores of anxiety about the viral epidemic in the subgroup in the post-vaccination period of health care workers, no statistically significant change was found in work-related stress scores.

Family physicians have been suffering anxiety due to the pandemic. The vaccination period has a positive impact on anxiety levels.

Family physicians have been suffering anxiety due to the pandemic. The vaccination period has a positive impact on anxiety levels.

While much of the world’s attention is focused on the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on physical health, the virus’s psychological impacts must not be disregarded. Therefore, it is important to understand and document the role of emotional intelligence as a mitigating variable in the relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction.

This correlational study was carried out with the participation of 483 college students. Their ages ranged from 18 to 31 (X=20.89, Sd=2.27).

The hierarchical regression analysis results revealed that both emotional intelligence and psychological distress were statistically significant predictors of the participants’ levels of satisfaction with life. Moreover, emotional intelligence was a significant moderator in the relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction.

Researchers and practitioners may find the findings of this study useful in better understanding the role of emotional intelligence in making cognitive assessments of life in the face of hardship.

Researchers and practitioners may find the findings of this study useful in better understanding the role of emotional intelligence in making cognitive assessments of life in the face of hardship.

The COVID-19 is a highly transmissible disease caused by a new zoonotic coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 that has led to several health, social, and economic issues worldwide. Anxiety and stress are predominant symptoms in the population during the quarantine; also, levels of fear or phobia have been reported.

This study validate the Spanish version of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S). Participants were recruited using an Internet-based survey. The survey was open from July 20 to July 31, 2021 and 1079 subjects were included.

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test was adequate (KMO=0.956) and sphericity tested significantly (p<0.0001). The model of adjustment was good as shown by fit indices (S-B χ

=351.67, df=164, p>0.05; RMSEA=0.033; SRMSR=0.042; CFI=0.995, NFI=0.990).

This confirms that the model of the Spanish version of the C19P-S may reproduce the same four-factors model from the original version of the scale and all items of these factors reported standardized loadings higher than 0.40 (p<0.001).

This confirms that the model of the Spanish version of the C19P-S may reproduce the same four-factors model from the original version of the scale and all items of these factors reported standardized loadings higher than 0.40 (p less then 0.001).This paper explores and discusses some threats and challenges faced by the Jewish community as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The article begins with the perspective of Judaism on the tension between individuality and as part of the collective, as one of the direct results of the pandemic outbreak was life in isolation due to closures and fear from infection, a measure that had many implications on our daily life and health. The main part of the article deals with the challenges that the Jewish community faced during the pandemic. The challenges faced by the Jewish Community divided into two categories, general challenges and spiritual challenges. In the general part, the author explores the impact of the pandemic on the Jewish Community, on its structure and the spread of antisemitism. In the other part, regarding spiritual challenges, the author first brings the perspective of Judaism on mental illness and on the mentally ill, then he brings two guiding examples of spiritual challenges faced by the Jewish spiritual leadership during the pandemic.COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted, in a very inflictive way, the need for less hubristic political leadership, revealing the menaces of arrogant decision making of those in power. Hubris Syndrome is associated with power and it is more likely to manifest itself the longer the person exercises power and the greater the power he exercises, while our modern times ‘Hatei’ (the goddess that blinded ancient leaders committing hubris) may be called positive illusion enhancement due to prolonged exposure to power. Hatei might also blurs the decision makers’ vision through a hormonal pathway, since hormones seem to affect risk taking, as well as through serotonin, which is also involved in the regulation of decision making and processing punishment-related information, deficiencies of which could be relevant to Hubris Syndrome. Other findings may provide information regarding the neuro-anatomical ‘location’ of Hatei, since fronto-striatal and limbic-striatal dopaminergic pathways have been identified as important regulators of impulsive behaviors. Therefore we might consider choosing political leaders and state officials whose less illusionary character is more likely to become non-flammable against the fire of hubris, in periods of crisis like the current COVID-19 Pandemic. Especially in SARS-CoV-2 era we should bring whatever scientific data there may be to tackle the intoxicating effects of power, keeping also in mind that there are no anti-hubris medication and that it is unlikely to have this social construct improved via pharmacology. Before establishing constitutional procedures for the early diagnosis of hubris as well as for the subsequent constrain of our leaders’ power, we should focus on the criteria by which we elect them and maybe include the pre-existence of depressive diathesis among those criteria, especially if we consider that those leaders might have to handle tough situations like the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, that require increased empathy in decision making.The importance of effective health care transitioning of young people from adolescent to adult health services is well established in general and within mental health services in particular. There is no previous literature focusing on the implementation of the transitional care model within mental health services in the Arabian Gulf region. We outline details of how the international best practice of effective transitioning of young people from Child and Adolescent to Adult mental health services was adopted and implemented in the State of Qatar. The impact of this crucial initiative on patient care and service delivery is also explained.

To explore the influence of career self-efficacy and time management tendency on career anxiety of college students, and to analyze the mediating effect of career self-efficacy between time management tendency and career anxiety of college students.

By random cluster sampling, 300 college students were selected, and all the tests were completed at one time with the scale of adolescent time management tendency and the scale of college students’ self-efficacy in choosing jobs.

Gender differences have a significant impact on college students’ self-efficacy in choosing jobs. The average level of college students’ time management ability is higher. The total scores of time monitoring, time efficacy and time management tendency of college students have a significant negative correlation with career anxiety. The total scores of time efficacy and time management tendency can directly predict achievement motivation.

Time management tendency is an important factor affecting college students’ anxiety in choosing a job, and the skills of time management tendency of college students can be trained and coached.