Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Derek Daniel Morgan, Connad Dael Higgins, Paul B. Ingram, Christy Rae Rogers
Summary: Understanding the relationship between economic pressures, COVID-19 stress, and mental health outcomes for parents is crucial during this global pandemic. This study found that economic pressure can negatively impact parents' mental health, with COVID-19 stress mediating this relationship. Coping strategies also play a role, with approach strategies associated with higher rates of anxiety symptoms and avoidant strategies associated with more depressive and anxious symptoms.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fedor van Houwelingen, Edwin van Dellen, J. M. Anne Visser-Meily, Karin Valkenet, Germijn H. Heijnen, Lisette M. Vernooij, Monika C. Kerckhoffs, Arjen J. C. Slooter
Summary: There were no significant differences in mental, cognitive, and physical outcomes between COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients after ICU treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The mental symptoms experienced by relatives of COVID-19 ICU survivors were similar to those of relatives of non-COVID-19 ICU survivors.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lina Boudiaf, Francoise Dupont, Christele Gras-Le Guen, Anne Sauvaget, Maxime Leroy, Thibault Thubert, Norbert Winer, Vincent Dochez
Summary: Maternal isolation in the immediate postpartum period is associated with an increased rate of moderate to severe symptoms of postpartum blues. Risk factors for PPD include a history of psychological abuses, stressful life events, and a bad birth experience.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Marie-Michele Dufour, Nicolas Bergeron, Axelle Rabasa, Stephane Guay, Steve Geoffrion
Summary: This study examines the evolution of psychological distress among Canadian health-care workers during and after the first wave of COVID-19, identifying four trajectories: recovered, resilient, subchronic, and delayed. While the majority of health-care workers show resilience, attention should still be paid to those experiencing psychological distress. Further research is needed to identify predictors of these trajectories.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Shu Qin Wei, Marianne Bilodeau-Bertrand, Shiliang Liu, Nathalie Auger
Summary: The study suggests that COVID-19 may be associated with an increased risk of preeclampsia, preterm birth, and other adverse pregnancy outcomes.
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Harun Demirkaya, Mustafa Aslan, Habibe Guengoer, Vildan Durmaz, Didem Rodoplu Sahin
Summary: Despite previous research on COVID-19, there has been limited focus on the association between COVID-19 and job resignations. This study investigates the relationship between employee demographics, COVID-19 circumstances, perceived effect of COVID-19 on life, fear, entrapment feeling, depression, and job resignations during the pandemic. The findings suggest that job resignations are influenced by COVID-19 history, internal entrapment feeling, and education level.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Genevieve McCready, Marie-Eve Lajeunesse-Mousseau, Josee Lapalme, Sandra Harrisson
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has pressured governments to intervene using partial data on the effectiveness of measures, with women being particularly affected due to their increased caregiving responsibilities. This study aimed to understand the impact of political decisions on the living and working conditions of healthcare workers. Analysis of government public health interventions in Quebec and healthcare workers' demands in media documents and official government press releases (April 13 to July 1, 2020) revealed a lack of recognition for certain types of care and inadequate means of caring for the population, leading to an inequitable distribution of burdens associated with the pandemic.
GLOBAL HEALTH PROMOTION
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Julio Torales, Ivan Barrios, Marcelo O'Higgins, Jose Almiron-Santacruz, Israel Gonzalez-Urbieta, Oscar Garcia, Carlos Rios-Gonzalez, Joao Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia, Antonio Ventriglio
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased social stressors and mental health issues, with an infodemic related to COVID-19 negatively impacting depressive symptoms in the general population.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
I Buneviciene, R. Bunevicius, S. Bagdonas, A. Bunevicius
Summary: The study in Lithuania found that 37% of participants were losing interest in COVID-19 news, 32% had started avoiding such news, and 26% had stopped following news about COVID-19. Factors associated with decreasing interest and avoidance of COVID-19 news included younger age, greater post-traumatic stress symptoms, less fear of COVID-19, and less frequent use of healthcare professionals for COVID-19 information.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Siddhartha Biswas, Krista M. Perreira
Summary: The survey showed that there was an increase in the prevalence of moderate to severe anxiety and depression among college students after the Covid-19 pandemic began. White, female, and sexual/gender minority students were at a higher risk of increased anxiety symptoms, while non-Hispanic Black, female, and sexual/gender minority students were at a higher risk of increased depression symptoms. Difficulties with distanced learning and social isolation were major factors contributing to the increase in both depression and anxiety symptoms.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Antonio Ciardo, Marlinde M. Simon, Sarah K. Sonnenschein, Christopher Buesch, Ti-Sun Kim
Summary: This study investigated the oral health-related quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic and its association with psychosocial factors. The findings showed that most participants had good oral health-related quality of life, but a significant number reported dental symptoms such as toothache and mucosal problems. There were also mild levels of stress, depression, and anxiety among the participants, and some reported greater emotional burden compared to pre-pandemic. The study suggests that the psychosocial consequences of the pandemic may have an impact on oral health.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Inna Levy, Keren Cohen-Louck
Summary: This study used Structural Equation Modeling to explore the relationship between age, employment status, depression, economic fears related to COVID-19, and individual function. The findings suggest that age and employment have indirect effects on individual function, mediated by depression and economic fears. Practitioners should consider young age and unemployment as risk factors for depression and low individual function during viral pandemics like COVID-19.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Sasha Rudenstine, Talia Schulder, Krish J. Bhatt, Kat McNeal, Catherine K. Ettman, Sandro Galea
Summary: This study investigates the relationships between long-COVID, COVID-19 related stress, depression, anxiety, and comorbid depression and anxiety outcomes. The findings indicate that women participants and individuals with higher stress levels are more likely to have probable depression and anxiety outcomes. Additionally, lower socioeconomic status and long-COVID are associated with probable comorbid depression and anxiety.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Krithika V. Senthil Kumar, Meena Priyadharshini, Deepika Naidu, Jeevithan Shanmugam, Suganya Priyadharshini
Summary: The study aims to explore the burden of postpartum depression among COVID-19-infected mothers and stressor factors. A single-centre observational cohort study was conducted to evaluate postpartum depression among 106 COVID-19-infected women who delivered from December 2020 to May 2021. The findings reveal that almost half of the COVID-19-infected mothers were at risk of depression, and the depressive symptoms lasted up to 6 months following childbirth.
ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
G. F. Giesbrecht, L. Rojas, S. Patel, V Kuret, A. L. MacKinnon, L. Tomfohr-Madsen, C. Lebel
Summary: The study found that fear of COVID-19 during pregnancy is associated with food insecurity, ethnicity, geographic location, history of anxiety prior to pregnancy, chronic health condition, pre-pregnancy BMI, parity, and stage of pregnancy at enrollment. Higher fear of COVID-19 is linked to increased risk of depression and anxiety, as well as reduced infant birthweight and gestational age.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Nicolas Berthelot, Roxanne Lemieux, Julia Garon-Bissonnette, Maria Muzik
JOURNAL OF MIDWIFERY & WOMENS HEALTH
(2020)
Editorial Material
Nursing
Roxanne Lemieux, Mathilde Loiselle, Nicolas Berthelot
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
(2020)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Nicolas Berthelot, Roxanne Lemieux, Julia Garon-Bissonnette, Christine Drouin-Maziade, Elodie Martel, Michel Maziade
ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Dominick Gamache, Claudia Savard, Roxanne Lemieux, Nicolas Berthelot
Summary: This study found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant women's level of personality functioning is directly and indirectly associated with affective, behavioral, and thought problems, with mentalization of trauma playing a mediating role. The results have important clinical implications for prophylactic measures for at-risk pregnant women in challenging environments like the COVID-19 pandemic.
PERSONALITY DISORDERS-THEORY RESEARCH AND TREATMENT
(2022)
Article
Family Studies
Julia Garon-Bissonnette, Gabrielle Duguay, Roxanne Lemieux, Karine Dubois-Comtois, Nicolas Berthelot
Summary: Recent evidence suggests that maternal exposure to childhood abuse and neglect (CA&N) may increase the risk of developmental problems in offspring, with boys being more affected than girls. This study found that impairments in reflective functioning (RF) mediate the association between maternal CA&N and child development. Child sex was found to moderate the association, with boys being particularly vulnerable to developmental delays when their mother experienced CA&N. These findings provide new insights into the role of mentalization and child sex in the intergenerational risk trajectories.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
(2022)
Article
Family Studies
Nicolas Berthelot, Claudia Savard, Roxanne Lemieux, Julia Garon-Bissonnette, Karin Ensink, Natacha Godbout
Summary: The Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire (FMTQ) is a self-report instrument that measures failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships. The FMTQ was found to have good internal consistency and was associated with psychopathology and intimate partner violence. It is a promising tool for clinical screening and research with individuals who have experienced trauma.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Julia Garon-Bissonnette, Karine Dubois-Comtois, Diane St-Laurent, Nicolas Berthelot
Summary: This study provides a deeper understanding of the association between childhood maltreatment and reflective functioning by characterizing two non-mentalizing categories. The findings indicate that childhood maltreatment is strongly predictive of disrupted and inconsistent reflection about mental states, but not of a tendency to discourse little about mental states.
ATTACHMENT & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Jessica L. Borelli, Karin Ensink, Marie L. Gillespie, Ehsan Falasiri, Odette Bernazzani, Peter Fonagy, Nicolas Berthelot
Summary: This study found that Reflective functioning (RF) can act as a protective factor in parents who experienced rejection in childhood, improving their relationships with partners and infants.
