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Experience of 2003 SARS has a negative psychological impact on healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Säo Paulo med. j; 139 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has instilled fear and stress among healthcare workers. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess work stress and associated factors among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak and to evaluate whether prior experience of treating severe acute...

Improvement in borderline personality disorder symptomatology after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex: preliminary results

Objective: Current treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) involves psychological and pharmacological interventions. However, neuromodulation techniques such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may positively affect BPD symptomatology. The objective of this study was to eva...

An epidemiological study of childhood development in an urban setting in Brazil

Objective: Mental illness is an important public health concern, often starting early in life and particularly impacting children from low-and middle-income countries. Our aims were to 1) determine, in a representative sample of public preschool 4- to 5-year old children in Brazil, the prevalence of inte...

Ansiedade e depressão em atendimento presencial e telessaúde durante a pandemia de Covid-19: um estudo comparativo

Trab. educ. saúde; 19 (), 2021
Resumo: O estudo visou comparar escores de ansiedade e depressão em profissionais da saúde em atendimento remoto ou presencial em um hospital universitário brasileiro durante a pandemia de Covid-19 e identificar fatores associados à ansiedade e à depressão. Para tanto, realizou-se um estudo observa...

Ansiedade, afeto negativo e estresse de docentes em atividade remota durante a pandemia da Covid-19

Resumo O trabalho pedagógico remoto emergencial foi implementado em muitas escolas do Brasil durante a pandemia da Covid-19, como forma de diminuir os contatos entre indivíduos e, consequentemente, diminuir a taxa de transmissão da doença, mantendo aulas e atividades didáticas. Em muitas situações...

Problematic Internet use, emotional problems and quality of life among adolescents

Psico USF; 26 (1), 2021
This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of Problematic Internet Use (PIU) among adolescents (N = 466) and its possible association with emotional problems and quality of life. Students (Mage = 12.8 years; SD = 1.9) from five public schools in a city in the State of São Paulo participated in this stu...

Prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders in patients with glaucoma: a cross-sectional study

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 84 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose: Our goal was to analyze the prevalence of depression and anxiety among patients with glaucoma and to identify risk factors related to these disorders. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out between August 2016 and August 2017 at the Hospital das Clínicas of Universidade Est...

Academic achievement and the effects of the student's learning context: a study on PISA data

Psico USF; 26 (1), 2021
School achievement is under a multiple factorial context related to student, school and family (SSF). Based on 23.141 Brazilians self-reports, obtained from PISA 2015, representative SSF measures were selected, and their impacts measured on school performance scores in mathematics, reading and science. T...

Brazilian's frequency of anxiety, depression and stress symptoms in the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Objectives: to analyze the frequency of anxiety, stress and depression in Brazilians during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted with Brazilians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection was performed via an online electronic form containing self-reported ...

Mental health and burden in mothers of children with congenital Zika syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Objectives: to evaluate burden, frequency of anxiety and signs and symptoms of depression in mothers of children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) during the COVID-19 pandemic and the social isolation period. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study conducted with mothers who care for their ...