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Reentry—the transition from incarceration to the community—is a complicated process for justice-involved persons (JIP). Pre-pandemic scholarship demonstrates that JIP struggle to find jobs, housing, and affordable healthcare at significantly higher rates than people without prior justice system contact (Mancini et al., 2020;Travis and Visher, 2005). It is expected that these challenges are magnified among the reentry population because of the pandemic. Evaluating the experiences of JIP is a critical first step to address the social and structural barriers that hinder their success. The need is compounded given social justice movements of 2020, which increased awareness of racial disparities within the justice system. © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Elsie L. Harper-Anderson, Jay S. Albanese and Susan T. Gooden;individual chapters, the contributors.
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Premise and Study aim: In Italy at the end of 2020 more than 30.000 deaths were observed not attributable to COVID;we wanted to test this hypothesis in our non-COVID internal medicine, benchmark for an area of about 150.000 inhabitants. Materials and Methods: We compared the number of discharges and deaths hospitalized in our UOC in the year of the pandemic, 2020 and 2021, respect to 2019, and we assessed any differences in mortality between the years and gender, and if these had statistical significance. Results: Total mortality showed an increasing trend from 2019 to 2021 (statistically not significant);hospital mortality in males is reduced in 2020 and unchanged in 2021, mortality in females showed a clear increasing trend (OR:1.58, IC:0.96-2.06) in 2019, statistically significant (OR:1.9, IC:1.2-3.1) in 2021. Conclusions: Delayed hospitalization for “fear of infection” of more serious patients and with lower chances of survival, together with the drastic reduction/absence of territorial outpatient diagnosis and treatment activities starting from March 2020, with further impact on chronicity in 2021, can be considered responsible for the increase in in-hospital mortality compared to 2019, detected in our patients. Data become statistically significant in female population, and it is attributable both to a greater fragility (living alone, less economic resources, less education) and the role of main care givers in the pandemic, continuing to guarantee assistance to all family members, in particular to the partner, even if detrimental of self health.
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This article aims to investigate the peculiar working experience on genogram lived by the group of psychologists enrolled in the first year of the School of Specialization in Systemic Psychotherapy "Mara Selvini Palazzoli"in Milan. Due to the Coronavirus emergency and the restrictive measures put in place by the Italian government, the group we analyze had to face the beginning of the selfknowledge process in online mode, through the video communications platform Zoom. Using the Focus Group technique, we analyzed the participants' experience in the two different working modes: online and in-presence. We especially focused on the emotional and relational dynamics that arose within the group. © 2020 De Boeck Supérieur.