Investigation on mental health status of front-line anti-epidemic medical staff during the COVID-19 outbreak / 四川精神卫生

ObjectiveTo investigate the mental health status of the front-line anti-epidemic medical staff during the COVID-19 outbreak， so as to provide references for the targeted psychological intervention and improvement of mental health status. MethodsA total of 162 front-line medical staff who worked in Lanzhou Heavy Particles Hospital of Gansu Province from October to December 2021 were were enrolled， and assessed using self-designed general information questionnaire， Self-rating Anxiety Scale （SAS） and Self-rating Depression Scale （SDS）. ResultsA total of 144 medical staff completed the valid questionnaire survey， and 17 （11.81%） and 19 （13.19%） cases were found to have anxiety and depression， respectively. The detection rate of anxiety yielded statistical difference among medical staff with different anti-epidemic working hours （χ2=10.602， P<0.01）， and the detection rate of depression demonstrated statistical differences among medical staff with different occupations， family history of depression and anti-epidemic working hours （χ2=5.486， 4.039， 7.526， P<0.05）. ConclusionDuring the COVID-19 outbreak， front-line medical staff develop varying degrees of anxiety and depression. Furthermore， the detection rate of anxiety is relatively high among the staff with long anti-epidemic working hours， and the detection rate of depression is relatively high among the doctors， the staff with family history of depression and long anti-epidemic working hours.

High efficiency of left superior frontal gyrus and the symptom features of major depressive disorder / 中南大学学报(医学版)

OBJECTIVES@#Major depressive disorder (MDD) patients with anhedonia tend to have a poor prognosis. The underlying imaging basis for anhedonia in MDD remains largely unknown. The relationship between nodal properties and anhedonia in MDD patients need to be further investigated. Herein, this study aims to explore differences of cerebral functional node characteristics in MDD patients with severe anhedonia (MDD-SA) and MDD patients with mild anhedonia (MDD-MA) before and after the antidepressant treatment.@*METHODS@#Ninety participants with current MDD were recruited in this study. 24-Item Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-24) and Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS) were used to assess the severity of depression and anhedonia at baseline and the end of 6-months treatment. The MDD patients who scored above the 25th percentile on the SHAPS were assigned to an MDD-SA group (n=19), while those who scored below the 25th percentile were assigned to an MDD-MA group (n=18). All patients in the 2 groups received antidepressant treatment. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) images of all the patients were collected at baseline and the end of 6-months treatment. Graph theory was applied to analyze the patients' cerebral functional nodal characteristics, which were measured by efficiency (ei) and degree (ki).@*RESULTS@#Repeated measures 2-factor ANCOVA showed significant main effects on group on the ei and ki values of left superior frontal gyrus (LSFG) (P=0.003 and P=0.008, respectively), and on the ei and ki values of left medial orbital-frontal gyrus (LMOFG) (P=0.004 and P=0.008, respectively). Compared with the MDD-MA group, the significantly higher ei and ki values of the LSFG (P=0.015 and P=0.021, respectively), and the significantly higher ei and ki values of the LMOFG (P=0.015 and P=0.037, respectively) were observed in the MDD-SA group at baseline. Meanwhile, higher SHAPS scores could result in higher ei and ki values of LSFG (P=0.019 and P=0.026, respectively), and higher ei value of LMOFG (P=0.040) at baseline; higher SHAPS scores could result in higher ei values of LSFG (P=0.049) at the end of 6-months treatment. The multiple linear regression analysis revealed that sex were negatively correlated with the ei and ki values of LSFG (r= -0.014, P=0.004; r=-1.153, P=0.001, respectively). The onset age of MDD was negatively correlated with the ki value of LSFG (r=-0.420, P=0.034) at the end of 6-months treatment. We also found that SHAPS scores at baseline were positively correlated with the HAMD-24 scores (r=0.387, P=0.022) at the end of 6-months treatment.@*CONCLUSIONS@#There are obvious differences in nodal properties between the MDD-SA and the MDD-MA patients, such as the high ei of LSFG in the MDD-SA patients, which may be associated with the severity of anhedonia. These nodal properties could be potential biomarkers for the prognosis of MDD. The increased ei and ki values in the LSFG of MDD-SA patients may underlie a compensatory mechanism or protective mechanism. The mechanism may be an important component of the pathological mechanism of MDD-SA. The poor prognosis in the MDD-SA patients suggests that anhedonia may predict a worse prognosis in MDD patients. Sex and onset age of MDD may affect the nodal properties of LSFG at baseline and the end of 6-months treatment.

The study of psychological situation on different people in different stages after the earthquake / 重庆医学

Objective To investigate the psychological situation on people who experienced after earthquake in yushu ,the rela-tives far away from the earthquake ,rescue workers ,the general population far away from the earthquake zone .From investigation to provide powerful evidence for the crisis intervention .Methods PTSD Checklist (PCL-C) ,Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS) ,Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) ,Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90)were used on the victims to survey different groups of people in different stages .Results The detection rate of PTSD ,anxiety ,depression about different groups of people in different stages were different ,The detection rate of PTSD ,anxiety ,depression and SCL-90 factor scores in the same crowd as the time went on showed a downward trend .The detection rate of PTSD ,anxiety ,depression and SCL-90 factor scores in different people showed a downward trend with the increase of distance from the hypocenter .Conclusion There are different degrees of psychological problems to differ-ent groups of people in different stages ,we should strengthen psychological intervention efforts to improve the ability to stress e-vents .