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Reports an error in "The impact of patient's fear of COVID-19 infection on neurology service in University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice during COVID-19 epidemic outbreak" by Arijana Lovrencic-Huzjan and Marina Roje-Bedekovic (Archives of Psychiatry Research: An International Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 2021, Vol 57[2], 167-176). In the original article, one of the authors name was missing. The correction is given in the erratum. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2022-62540-005). Increasing evidence suggests that patients with medical emergencies are avoiding the emergency department because of fear of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, leading to increased morbidity and mortality due to other diseases. In order to analyse the impact of patient's fear of COVID-19 on the admittance rate of stroke patients and severity of neurological diseases, we compared the stroke admittance rate, numbers of thrombectomies and thrombolysis and hospitalization refusal rate during the time period from March 1st until June 30th 2020 in temporal relationship with the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Croatia. We assessed the patients' neurologic disease severity measured by ventilation time and mortality rate in the same time period. We compared the data with the data obtained from the same time period in 2019. We observed dramatically decreased presentation in Neurologic Emergency Department due to stroke and neurologic disease in 2020 compared to 2019, increased refused hospitalization rate and similar stroke treatment rate despite bigger catchment area. Greater neurologic disease severity with almost 40% increased ventilation time and double mortality rate during the same time was observed. During the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic, fear of infection had significant impact on neurologic service leading to decreased presentation to NED, resulting in increased stroke or neurologic disease-related morbidity and mortality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "The relationship between sextortion during COVID-19 and pre-pandemic intimate partner violence: A large, study of victimization among diverse U.S. men and women" by Asia A. Eaton, Divya Ramjee and Jessica F. Saunders (Victims & Offenders, Advanced Online Publication, Jan 15, 2022, np). In the original article, on pg 7 in the statistical analysis paragraph, the second sentence reads, "To examine the simultaneous effects of physical, sexual, and psychological IPV on sextortion during the pandemic, while controlling for age, race, and whether prior IPV was perpetrated by a partner (vs. non-partner) . . . " The "whether prior IPV was perpetrated by a partner (vs. non-partner)" should instead read "whether the sextortion was perpetrated by a partner or non-partner." Similarly, Figure 1 should include "Sextortion by Partner" rather than "PRIOR IPV BY PARTNER". The online version has been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2022-29074-001). ABSTRACT In a large and diverse sample of U.S. adults, we assessed participants' experience with pre-COVID in-person intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and with sextortion victimization during COVID to better understand the relationship between these phenomena. Experiencing sexual IPV pre-COVID increased the likelihood that men and women would experience sextortion during COVID. Men, Black and Native women, LGBTQ individuals, and emerging adults more often experienced sextortion during COVID than other groups. Implications for research on technology-facilitated sexual violence and practice with survivors are explored. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Research Framework: Examining the behavioral, cognitive, social, cultural and logistic factors that affect health behavior and influence decision-making has become more and more important in the field of public health. Most studies indicate that Arab minority groups in Western countries are usually less compliant in vaccinating their children. On the other hand, an examination of vaccination compliance among the Arab population of Israel before the coronavirus crisis reveals a different picture marked by very high vaccination compliance, even relative to the Jewish majority. According to recent figures from the Ministry of Health (2019), the compliance rates in the Arab population for the seasonal influenza vaccination and the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination are almost twice as high as the compliance rates in the Jewish population for the same vaccinations. In addition, it is interesting to note that prior to the coronavirus crisis no groups in Arab society exhibited vaccination hesitancy, in contrast to the situation in Jewish society. Objective: The current study seeks to investigate the decision-making process of mothers in Arab society with respect to two vaccinations: the HPV vaccination and the seasonal influenza vaccination. Further, it seeks to examine the variables related to this process and their correlation with the emotional and cognitive considerations manifested in the process of making decisions about vaccinations.Research methodology: This study is based on a sequential explanatory design. The first stage entailed gathering and analyzing the qualitative data: a) content analysis of 18 explanatory materials published by the health maintenance organizations and the Ministry of Health that were designed to promote the HPV vaccination in the Arab society;b) conducting in-depth interviews with mothers from Arab society and health professionals (N=70 mothers and N=20 nurses from Arab society). Based on this stage, a quantitative questionnaire was constructed and answered by different subgroups from the representative sample of the investigated population: N=693, comprising six subgroups (Muslims, Christians, Northern Bedouins, Druse, secular Jews, religious Jews). A total of 693 mothers participated in the study. The participants included mothers from almost the entire spectrum of the Israeli population. The Arab population was defined as the primary research population, while the national Jewish population (secular and religious/traditional groups) served for comparison purposes. The ultra-Orthodox population was not included in the study. The mixed research method adopted in this study facilitated integration of the perspectives and means for understanding the relevant considerations in vaccination compliance (Creswell, 2013). Data triangulation made it possible to achieve better cross-checking of the data and to develop strong and validated arguments backed up by data collected from subgroups in the Arab population, while using the Jewish population as a control group (Creswell, 2013). Main findings: The research findings indicate that for the most part the decision-making process of mothers in Arab society relies upon an automatic system (as defined by Kahneman, 2011) based on various emotional heuristics emerging from this study. We described the research findings along two paths: 1) variables we referred to as internal socialcultural variables that are inherent in the social structure of the Arab population;2) variables we called external variables that are related to how the health system conveys information on the issue of vaccinations to Arab society. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries" by Ashley K. Randall, Gabriel Leon, Emanuele Basili, Tamas Martos, Michael Boiger, Michela Baldi, Lauren Hocker, Kai Kline, Alessio Masturzi, Richmond Aryeetey, Eran Bar-Kalifa, Susan D. Boon, Luis Botella, Tom Burke, Katherine B. Carnelley, Alan Carr, Arobindu Dash, Mimi Fitriana, Stanley O. Gaines, Sarah Galdiolo, Claire M. Hart, Susanna Joo, Barani Kanth, Evangelos Karademas, Gery Karantzas, Selina A. Landolt, Louise McHugh, Anne Milek, Eddie Murphy, Jean C. Natividade, Alda Portugal, Alvaro Quinones, Ana Paula Relvas, Pingkan C. B. Rumondor, Petruta Rusu, Viola Sallay, Luis Angel Saul, David P. Schmitt, Laura Sels, Sultan Shujja, Laura K. Taylor, S. Burcu Ozguluk, Leslie Verhofstadt, Gyesook Yoo, Martina Zemp, Silvia Donato, Casey J. Totenhagen, Rahel L. van Eickels, Adnan Adil, Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba, Emmanuel Asampong, Sarah Beauchemin-Roy, Anna Berry, Audrey Brassard, Susan Chesterman, Lizzie Ferguson, Gabriela Fonseca, Justine Gaugue, Marie Geonet, Neele Hermesch, Rahmattullah Khan Abdul Wahab Khan, Laura Knox, Marie-France Lafontaine, Nicholas Lawless, Amanda Londero-Santos, Sofia Major, Tiago A. Marot, Ellie Mullins, Pauldy C. J. Otermans, Ariela F. Pagani, Miriam Parise, Roksana Parvin, Mallika De, Katherine Peloquin, Barbara Rebelo, Francesca Righetti, Daniel Romano, Sara Salavati, Steven Samrock, Mary Serea, Chua Bee Seok, Luciana Sotero, Owen Stafford, Christoforos Thomadakis, Cigdem Topcu-Uzer, Carla Ugarte, Wah Yun Low, Petra Simon-Zambori, Ching Sin Siau, Diana-Sinziana Duca, Cornelia Filip, Hayoung Park, Sinead Wearen, Guy Bodenmann and Claudia Chiarolanza (Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2022[Jan], Vol 39[1], 3-33). Three new authors (Adnan Adil, Emmanuel Asampong, and Rahmattullah Khan Abdul Wahab Khan) were not initially listed in the Epub ahead of print. Table 1 also contained some errors. The corrections are given in the erratum. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2022-18336-001). Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with the "new normal"-social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given the interpersonal nature of stress and coping responses between romantic partners, based on the systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic coping may be an important moderator between experiences of COVID-19 psychological distress and relationship quality. To examine these associations, self-report data from 14,020 people across 27 countries were collected during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic (March-July, 2020). It was hypothesized that higher symptoms of psychological distress would be reported post-COVID-19 compared to pre-COVID-19 restrictions (Hypothesis 1), reports of post-COVID-19 psychological distress would be negatively associated with relationship quality (Hypothesis 2), and perceived partner DC would moderate these associations (Hypothesis 3). While hypotheses were generally supported, results also showed interesting between-country variability. Limitations and future directions are presented. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "Receipt of telehealth services, receipt and retention of medications for opioid use disorder, and medically treated overdose among Medicare beneficiaries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic" by Christopher M. Jones, Carla Shoff, Kevin Hodges, Carlos Blanco, Jan L. Losby, Shari M. Ling and Wilson M. Compton (JAMA Psychiatry, 2022[Oct], Vol 79[10], 981-992). The Original Investigation published online August 31, 2022, was changed to open access status under the CC-BY license. This article was corrected online. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2023-14077-004). Importance: Federal emergency authorities were invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic to expand use of telehealth for new and continued care, including provision of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Objective: To examine receipt of telehealth services, MOUD (methadone, buprenorphine, and extended-release [ER] naltrexone) receipt and retention, and medically treated overdose before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design, Setting, and Participants: This exploratory longitudinal cohort study used data from the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from September 2018 to February 2021. Two cohorts (before COVID-19 pandemic from September 2018 to February 2020 and during COVID-19 pandemic from September 2019 to February 2021) of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries 18 years and older with an International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification OUD diagnosis. Exposures: Pre-COVID-19 pandemic vs COVID-19 pandemic cohort demographic characteristics, medical and substance use, and psychiatric comorbidities. Main Outcomes and Measures: Receipt and retention of MOUD, receipt of OUD and behavioral health-related telehealth services, and experiencing medically treated overdose. Results: The pre-COVID-19 pandemic cohort comprised 105 240 beneficiaries;of these, 61 152 (58.1%) were female, 71 152 (67.6%) were aged 45 to 74 years, and 82 822 (79.5%) non-Hispanic White. The COVID-19 pandemic cohort comprised 70 538 beneficiaries;of these, 40 257 (57.1%) were female, 46 793 (66.3%) were aged 45 to 74 years, and 55 510 (79.7%) were non-Hispanic White. During the study period, a larger percentage of beneficiaries in the pandemic cohort compared with the prepandemic cohort received OUD-related telehealth services (13 829 [19.6%] vs 593 [0.6%];P < .001), behavioral health-related telehealth services (28 902 [41.0%] vs 1967 [1.9%];P < .001), and MOUD (8854 [12.6%] vs 11 360 [10.8%];P < .001). The percentage experiencing a medically treated overdose during the study period was similar (18.5% [19 491 of 105 240] in the prepandemic cohort vs 18.4% [13 004 of 70 538] in the pandemic cohort;P = .65). Receipt of OUD-related telehealth services in the pandemic cohort was associated with increased odds of MOUD retention (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.27;95% CI, 1.14-1.41) and lower odds of medically treated overdose (aOR, 0.67;95% CI, 0.63-0.71). Among beneficiaries in the pandemic cohort, those receiving MOUD from opioid treatment programs only (aOR, 0.54;95% CI, 0.47-0.63) and those receiving buprenorphine from pharmacies only (aOR, 0.91;95% CI, 0.84-0.98) had lower odds of medically treated overdose compared with beneficiaries who did not receive MOUD. Conclusions and Relevance: Emergency authorities to expand use of telehealth and provide flexibilities for MOUD provision during the pandemic were used by Medicare beneficiaries initiating an episode of OUD-related care and were associated with improved retention in care and reduced odds of medically treated overdose. Strategies to expand provision of MOUD and increase retention in care are urgently needed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "COVID-19 and mental health of individuals with different personalities" by Eugenio Proto and Anwen Zhang (PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021[Sep][14], Vol 118[37][e2109282118]). In the original article, the authors note that the numbers of observations were reported incorrectly for Table 1 in the main text and Tables S11, S17, S20, and S21 in the SI Appendix. The online version and the SI Appendix have been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2021-87295-001). Several studies have been devoted to establishing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health across gender, age, and ethnicity. However, much less attention has been paid to the differential effect of COVID-19 according to different personalities. We do this using the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), a large-scale panel survey representative of the UK population. The UKHLS allows us to assess the mental health of the same respondent before and during the COVID-19 period based on their "Big Five" personality traits and cognitive skills. We find that during the COVID-19 period, individuals who have more extravert and open personality traits report a higher mental health deterioration, while those scoring higher in agreeableness are less affected. The effect of openness is particularly strong: One more SD predicts up to 0.23 more symptoms of mental health deterioration in the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) test during the COVID-19 period. In particular, for females, cognitive skills and openness are strong predictors of mental health deterioration, while for non-British White respondents, these predictors are extraversion and openness. Neuroticism strongly predicts worse mental health cross-sectionally, but it does not lead to significantly stronger deterioration during the pandemic. The study's results are robust to the inclusion of potential confounding variables such as changes in physical health, household income, and job status (like unemployed or furloughed). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "Socioeconomic crisis and mental health stress among the middle-income group during the COVID-19 pandemic" by Sk. Faijan Bin Halim, Sojal Mridha, Nishad Nasrin, Md. Karimul Islam and Md. Tanvir Hossain (Sociological Spectrum, 2022, Vol 42[2], 119-134). The article listed above was intended to publish as part of the forthcoming "COVID-19: Health Inequities and Pandemic Disasters Yet to Come" special issue, but was mistakenly published in a previous issue. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2022-75958-003). Following the spread of COVID-19, the prolonged lockdown has adversely affected not only the mental health but also the socioeconomic well-being of people, particularly the underprivileged population, across the world. This study was designed to assess the mental health of middle-income people and its association with the socioeconomic crises that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. A semi-structured interview schedule in Bangla was administered to conveniently collect the data from 150 participants based on certain specifications. Findings suggest that COVID-19 status, household debt, and depression were significantly associated with mental stress among middle-income people. Depression, on the other hand, was substantially affected by socio-demographic and socioeconomic status as well as their hygiene and government support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, an individual's anxiety was determined by income during the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine status, personal hygiene, and socio-demographic factors. To reduce the pandemic-induced stress, depression, and anxiety, the government should provide financial assistance through social safety net and create alternative livelihood opportunities using existing resources. Besides, policymakers should implement community awareness programs about the risk of COVID-19 to minimize both risk of infection and mental health stress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "Socioeconomic crisis and mental health stress among the middle-income group during the COVID-19 pandemic" by Sk. Faijan Bin Halim, Sojal Mridha, Nishad Nasrin, Md. Karimul Islam and Md. Tanvir Hossain (Sociological Spectrum, 2022, Vol 42[2], 119-134). The article listed above was intended to publish as part of the forthcoming "COVID-19: Health Inequities and Pandemic Disasters Yet to Come" special issue, but was mistakenly published in a previous issue. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2022-75958-003). Following the spread of COVID-19, the prolonged lockdown has adversely affected not only the mental health but also the socioeconomic well-being of people, particularly the underprivileged population, across the world. This study was designed to assess the mental health of middle-income people and its association with the socioeconomic crises that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. A semi-structured interview schedule in Bangla was administered to conveniently collect the data from 150 participants based on certain specifications. Findings suggest that COVID-19 status, household debt, and depression were significantly associated with mental stress among middle-income people. Depression, on the other hand, was substantially affected by socio-demographic and socioeconomic status as well as their hygiene and government support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, an individual's anxiety was determined by income during the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine status, personal hygiene, and socio-demographic factors. To reduce the pandemic-induced stress, depression, and anxiety, the government should provide financial assistance through social safety net and create alternative livelihood opportunities using existing resources. Besides, policymakers should implement community awareness programs about the risk of COVID-19 to minimize both risk of infection and mental health stress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Research Framework: Examining the behavioral, cognitive, social, cultural and logistic factors that affect health behavior and influence decision-making has become more and more important in the field of public health. Most studies indicate that Arab minority groups in Western countries are usually less compliant in vaccinating their children. On the other hand, an examination of vaccination compliance among the Arab population of Israel before the coronavirus crisis reveals a different picture marked by very high vaccination compliance, even relative to the Jewish majority. According to recent figures from the Ministry of Health (2019), the compliance rates in the Arab population for the seasonal influenza vaccination and the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination are almost twice as high as the compliance rates in the Jewish population for the same vaccinations. In addition, it is interesting to note that prior to the coronavirus crisis no groups in Arab society exhibited vaccination hesitancy, in contrast to the situation in Jewish society. Objective: The current study seeks to investigate the decision-making process of mothers in Arab society with respect to two vaccinations: the HPV vaccination and the seasonal influenza vaccination. Further, it seeks to examine the variables related to this process and their correlation with the emotional and cognitive considerations manifested in the process of making decisions about vaccinations.Research methodology: This study is based on a sequential explanatory design. The first stage entailed gathering and analyzing the qualitative data: a) content analysis of 18 explanatory materials published by the health maintenance organizations and the Ministry of Health that were designed to promote the HPV vaccination in the Arab society;b) conducting in-depth interviews with mothers from Arab society and health professionals (N=70 mothers and N=20 nurses from Arab society). Based on this stage, a quantitative questionnaire was constructed and answered by different subgroups from the representative sample of the investigated population: N=693, comprising six subgroups (Muslims, Christians, Northern Bedouins, Druse, secular Jews, religious Jews). A total of 693 mothers participated in the study. The participants included mothers from almost the entire spectrum of the Israeli population. The Arab population was defined as the primary research population, while the national Jewish population (secular and religious/traditional groups) served for comparison purposes. The ultra-Orthodox population was not included in the study. The mixed research method adopted in this study facilitated integration of the perspectives and means for understanding the relevant considerations in vaccination compliance (Creswell, 2013). Data triangulation made it possible to achieve better cross-checking of the data and to develop strong and validated arguments backed up by data collected from subgroups in the Arab population, while using the Jewish population as a control group (Creswell, 2013). Main findings: The research findings indicate that for the most part the decision-making process of mothers in Arab society relies upon an automatic system (as defined by Kahneman, 2011) based on various emotional heuristics emerging from this study. We described the research findings along two paths: 1) variables we referred to as internal socialcultural variables that are inherent in the social structure of the Arab population;2) variables we called external variables that are related to how the health system conveys information on the issue of vaccinations to Arab society. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "COVID-19 and mental health of individuals with different personalities" by Eugenio Proto and Anwen Zhang (PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021[Sep][14], Vol 118[37][e2109282118]). In the original article, the authors note that the numbers of observations were reported incorrectly for Table 1 in the main text and Tables S11, S17, S20, and S21 in the SI Appendix. The online version and the SI Appendix have been corrected. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2021-87295-001). Several studies have been devoted to establishing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health across gender, age, and ethnicity. However, much less attention has been paid to the differential effect of COVID-19 according to different personalities. We do this using the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), a large-scale panel survey representative of the UK population. The UKHLS allows us to assess the mental health of the same respondent before and during the COVID-19 period based on their "Big Five" personality traits and cognitive skills. We find that during the COVID-19 period, individuals who have more extravert and open personality traits report a higher mental health deterioration, while those scoring higher in agreeableness are less affected. The effect of openness is particularly strong: One more SD predicts up to 0.23 more symptoms of mental health deterioration in the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) test during the COVID-19 period. In particular, for females, cognitive skills and openness are strong predictors of mental health deterioration, while for non-British White respondents, these predictors are extraversion and openness. Neuroticism strongly predicts worse mental health cross-sectionally, but it does not lead to significantly stronger deterioration during the pandemic. The study's results are robust to the inclusion of potential confounding variables such as changes in physical health, household income, and job status (like unemployed or furloughed). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "Receipt of telehealth services, receipt and retention of medications for opioid use disorder, and medically treated overdose among Medicare beneficiaries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic" by Christopher M. Jones, Carla Shoff, Kevin Hodges, Carlos Blanco, Jan L. Losby, Shari M. Ling and Wilson M. Compton (JAMA Psychiatry, 2022[Oct], Vol 79[10], 981-992). The Original Investigation published online August 31, 2022, was changed to open access status under the CC-BY license. This article was corrected online. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2023-14077-004). Importance: Federal emergency authorities were invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic to expand use of telehealth for new and continued care, including provision of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Objective: To examine receipt of telehealth services, MOUD (methadone, buprenorphine, and extended-release [ER] naltrexone) receipt and retention, and medically treated overdose before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design, Setting, and Participants: This exploratory longitudinal cohort study used data from the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from September 2018 to February 2021. Two cohorts (before COVID-19 pandemic from September 2018 to February 2020 and during COVID-19 pandemic from September 2019 to February 2021) of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries 18 years and older with an International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification OUD diagnosis. Exposures: Pre-COVID-19 pandemic vs COVID-19 pandemic cohort demographic characteristics, medical and substance use, and psychiatric comorbidities. Main Outcomes and Measures: Receipt and retention of MOUD, receipt of OUD and behavioral health-related telehealth services, and experiencing medically treated overdose. Results: The pre-COVID-19 pandemic cohort comprised 105 240 beneficiaries;of these, 61 152 (58.1%) were female, 71 152 (67.6%) were aged 45 to 74 years, and 82 822 (79.5%) non-Hispanic White. The COVID-19 pandemic cohort comprised 70 538 beneficiaries;of these, 40 257 (57.1%) were female, 46 793 (66.3%) were aged 45 to 74 years, and 55 510 (79.7%) were non-Hispanic White. During the study period, a larger percentage of beneficiaries in the pandemic cohort compared with the prepandemic cohort received OUD-related telehealth services (13 829 [19.6%] vs 593 [0.6%];P < .001), behavioral health-related telehealth services (28 902 [41.0%] vs 1967 [1.9%];P < .001), and MOUD (8854 [12.6%] vs 11 360 [10.8%];P < .001). The percentage experiencing a medically treated overdose during the study period was similar (18.5% [19 491 of 105 240] in the prepandemic cohort vs 18.4% [13 004 of 70 538] in the pandemic cohort;P = .65). Receipt of OUD-related telehealth services in the pandemic cohort was associated with increased odds of MOUD retention (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.27;95% CI, 1.14-1.41) and lower odds of medically treated overdose (aOR, 0.67;95% CI, 0.63-0.71). Among beneficiaries in the pandemic cohort, those receiving MOUD from opioid treatment programs only (aOR, 0.54;95% CI, 0.47-0.63) and those receiving buprenorphine from pharmacies only (aOR, 0.91;95% CI, 0.84-0.98) had lower odds of medically treated overdose compared with beneficiaries who did not receive MOUD. Conclusions and Relevance: Emergency authorities to expand use of telehealth and provide flexibilities for MOUD provision during the pandemic were used by Medicare beneficiaries initiating an episode of OUD-related care and were associated with improved retention in care and reduced odds of medically treated overdose. Strategies to expand provision of MOUD and increase retention in care are urgently needed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "Advancing a phenomenology of law of migration and displacement: Centering recognition of persons and communities migrating and their lived experience of suffering" by Mary Beth Morrissey (Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Advanced Online Publication, Jul 28, 2022, np). In the article (https://doi .org/10.1037/teo0000208), the first recommendation that appears in the Collaborative Strategies and Policy Recommendations should appear as follows: building theorizing that helps to frame or reframe both the problem and experience of suffering in migration and displacement, including the contributions to suffering of law and policy, racism, and other structural conditions and social and economic determinants. All versions of this article have been corrected. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2022-85652-001.) In this contribution to the Special Issue on Law, Medicine, and Bioethics: Role of Interdisciplinary Leadership in Influencing Health and Public Health Policy and Democratic Systems of Governance, the author brings a phenomenological lens and heightened focus to bear on suffering as transcendentally constituted and the witnessing of social suffering across the global world at the intersections of migration and displacement, global crisis conditions prevailing during the COVID pandemic, and climate, conflict, and war that threaten human annihilation. Engagement with phenomenological processes of reflection opens the field of the lived experience of suffering in migration and displacement to inquiry and probing of the social imaginaries that shape law and structural conditions and determinants contributing to massive social suffering, including structural and systemic racism and policy harms to immigrants and refugees and their communities. A palliative turn toward dismantling such structural conditions of suffering is proposed as integral to social change processes and fostering of resilience among immigrant and refugee communities, including building environments that mitigate suffering. Expanding the social and ethical capabilities of both health care and public health systems and workforces is also essential to social transformation. Finally, centering recognition of persons and communities who are migrating or experiencing displacement is an ethical priority and a condition precedent to the pursuit of meaningful social change, equity, and justice for all communities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "Complicated grief during COVID-19: An international perspective" by Brigitte Khoury, Oscar Barbarin, German Gutierrez, Martina Klicperova-Baker, Prakash Padakannaya and Ava Thompson (International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 2022, Vol 11[3], 214-221). In the article (https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000055) the article incorrectly started with the second part of the Impact and Implications statement. The Impact and Implications statement and the beginning of the article should be as follows in the erratum. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2022-85486-010.) Cultures across the globe have evolved time-tested rituals to honor those who die and offer solace and support to survivors with the goal of helping them to accept the reality of the death, cope with the feelings of loss, adjust to life without the deceased, and find ways to maintain a connection to the memory of the deceased. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted these rituals and brought significant changes to the way we mourn. Specifically, public health responses to COVID-19 such as social distancing or isolation, delays or cancellations of traditional religious and cultural rituals, and shifts from in-person to online ceremonies have disrupted rituals and thus made it more difficult to access support and complete the psychological tasks typically associated with bereavement. This paper conceptualizes the common bereavement tasks including emotion-focused coping, maintaining a connection to the deceased, disengagement and reframing death and loss, and problem-focused coping. It provides examples of how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered mourning rituals across several cultures and religions and contributed to prolonged grief disorder as defined by the ICD-11 that includes depressive symptoms and post-traumatic stress. Early evidence suggested that the suddenness of loss, the social isolation, and the lack of social support often associated with COVID-19-related death are salient risk factors for complicated grief. As a consequence, psychological assessments, grief counseling, and mental health support are needed by families of patients who died from COVID-19. These services must be essential components of any comprehensive public health response to the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "Parental burnout across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic" by Hedwig van Bakel, Coco Bastiaansen, Ruby Hall, Inga Schwabe, Emmie Verspeek, James J. Gross, Julie Ackerlund Brandt, Joyce Aguiar, Ege Akgun, Gizem Arikan, Kaisa Aunola, Zdenka Bajgarova, Wim Beyers, Zuzana Bilkova, Emilie Boujut, Bin-Bin Chen, Geraldine Dorard, Maria Josefina Escobar, Kaichiro Furutani, Maria Filomena Gaspar, Annette Griffith, Mai Helmy, Mai Trang Huynh, Emerence Kaneza, Roberto Andres Lasso Baez, Astrid Lebert, Sarah Le Vigouroux, Yanhee Lee, Hong Dao Mai, Denisse Manrique-Millones, Rosa Bertha Millones Rivalles, Marina Miscioscia, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi, Munseol Eom, Alexis Ndayizigiy, Josue Ngnombouowo Tenkue, Daniela Oyarce Cadiz, Claudia Pineda-Marin, Maria Psychountaki, Yang Qu, Fernando Salinas-Quiroz, Maria Pia Santelices, Celine Scola, Charlotte Schrooyen, Paola Silva Cabrera, Alessandra Simonelli, Aelita Skarbaliene, Egidijus Skarbalius, Bart Soenens, Matilda Sorkkila, Cara Swit, Dorota Szczygiel, George Theotokatos, Ayse Meltem Ustundag-Budak, Lesley Verhofstadt, Dana Vertsberger, Jacqueline Wendland, Moira Mikolajczak and Isabelle Roskam (International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 2022, Vol 11[3], 141-152). In the article (https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000050) the following name and affiliations were incorrectly listed. They need to read as follows in the erratum. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2022-85486-002.) The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all societies worldwide. The heightened levels of stress that accompanied the crisis were also expected to affect parenting in many families. Since it is known that high levels of stress in the parenting domain can lead to a condition that has severe consequences for health and well-being, we examined whether the prevalence of parental burnout in 26 countries (9,923 parents;75% mothers;mean age 40) increased during COVID-19 compared to few years before the pandemic. In most (but not all) countries, analyses showed a significant increase in the prevalence of parental burnout during the pandemic. The results further revealed that next to governmental measures (e.g., number of days locked down, homeschooling) and factors at the individual and family level (e.g., gender, number of children), parents in less (vs. more) indulgent countries suffered more from parental burnout. The findings suggest that stricter norms regarding their parenting roles and duties in general and during the pandemic in particular might have increased their levels of parental burnout. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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This article describes the public health impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD), including incidence and prevalence, mortality and morbidity, use and costs of care, and the overall impact on caregivers and society. The Special Report discusses the challenges of providing equitable health care for people with dementia in the United States. An estimated 6.2 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's dementia today. This number could grow to 13.8 million by 2060 barring the development of medical breakthroughs to prevent, slow or cure AD. Official death certificates recorded 121,499 deaths from AD in 2019, the latest year for which data are available, making Alzheimer's the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States and the fifth-leading cause of death among Americans age 65 and older. Between 2000 and 2019, deaths from stroke, heart disease and HIV decreased, whereas reported deaths from AD increased more than 145%. This trajectory of deaths from AD was likely exacerbated in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 11 million family members and other unpaid caregivers provided an estimated 15.3 billion hours of care to people with Alzheimer's or other dementias in 2020. These figures reflect a decline in the number of caregivers compared with a decade earlier, as well as an increase in the amount of care provided by each remaining caregiver. Unpaid dementia caregiving was valued at $256.7 billion in 2020. Its costs, however, extend to family caregivers' increased risk for emotional distress and negative mental and physical health outcomes-costs that have been aggravated by COVID-19. Average per-person Medicare payments for services to beneficiaries age 65 and older with AD or other dementias are more than three times as great as payments for beneficiaries without these conditions, and Medicaid payments are more than 23 times as great. Total payments in 2021 for health care, long-term care and hospice services for people age 65 and older with dementia are estimated to be $355 billion. Despite years of efforts to make health care more equitable in the United States, racial and ethnic disparities remain-both in terms of health disparities, which involve differences in the burden of illness, and health care disparities, which involve differences in the ability to use health care services. Blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans and Native Americans continue to have a higher burden of illness and lower access to health care compared with Whites. Such disparities, which have become more apparent during COVID-19, extend to dementia care. Surveys commissioned by the Alzheimer's Association recently shed new light on the role of discrimination in dementia care, the varying levels of trust between racial and ethnic groups in medical research, and the differences between groups in their levels of concern about and awareness of Alzheimer's disease. These findings emphasize the need to increase racial and ethnic diversity in both the dementia care workforce and in Alzheimer's clinical trials. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Background: An outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been ongoing in China since January 2020. The threat of infection affects the work and life of most of the population and may also damage sleep. This study aims to examine the subjective sleep status and mental health of the population during the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic. Method: The datawere collected through an online questionnaire with a sample of 5461 individuals in China fromFebruary 5, 2020, to February 23, 2020. Participantswere divided into four groups based on their degree of threat fromCOVID-19:Group 1wasmost closely associatedwith COVID-19, including inpatients diagnosed with COVID-19, first-line hospital workers and first-line management staff;Group 2 included outpatients diagnosed with COVID-19 and patients who developed a fever and visited the hospital;Group 3 included people related to Group 1 or 2, such as their colleagues, relatives, friends and rescuers;and Group 4 was the farthest removed fromcontact with COVID-19, covering the general public affected by COVID-19 prevention strategies. The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) and Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS) were used. Results: Threat degree of COVID-19 (groups) had significant correlations with insomnia, depression, anxiety, and stress (p <0.05, p<0.01). Age, gender, and area (Hubei province or other provinces) had significant correlations with insomnia (p < 0.01). A total of 1380 (24.46%) participants were suspected of having major depression based on the PHQ-9. Additionally, 1042 (18.47%) participants were suspected of having generalized anxiety disorder based on the GAD-7. A total of 892 (15.8%) of the participants had Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) according to the ASDS. The prevalence of clinical insomnia during the outbreakwas 20.05% (1131) according to the ISI. The factors of satisfaction with the current sleep pattern and howperceptible the symptoms of the current sleep pattern are to other people (p < 0.05) and the middle (difficulty staying asleep) and terminal (waking up too early) (p < 0.01) factors of the ISI were significantly different across groups. A total of 1129 (20.01%) participants spent more than one hour awake in bed. Conclusion: The results indicated that insomnia is more severe in people who are female, young, living in the epicenter and experiencing a high degree of threat from COVID-19. As prevention and treatment efforts continue with regard to COVID-19, the general public has developed poor sleep hygiene habits, which deserve attention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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The International Society of Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) was officially inaugurated in 1999 from three existing U.S. professional psychiatric nursing organizations to support advanced-practice psychiatric-mental health nurses in promoting mental health care, literacy, and policy worldwide. This Statement on Mental Health and Coronavirus or COVID 19 pandemic highlights several areas: the recognition of those working with patients, clients and families;concerns with general population needs during and after pandemic;and research needed. The organization proposes to: reaffirm that mental health and well-being matter during and after the coronavirus crisis;to recognize and applaud the contributions that nurses and others working in all health care areas including the mental health fields during this time;and, to acknowledge the impact of the current crisis on psychiatric-mental health nurses, nursing students and educators and related research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "When social isolation is nothing new: A longitudinal study psychological distress during COVID-19 among university students with and without preexisting mental health concerns" by Chloe A. Hamza, Lexi Ewing, Nancy L. Heath and Abby L. Goldstein (Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne, Advanced Online Publication, Sep 07, 2020, np). In the article (http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cap0000255), the title incorrectly read "When Social Isolation Is Nothing New: A Longitudinal Study Psychological Distress During COVID-19 Among University Students With and Without Preexisting Mental Health Concerns" due to a production related error. All versions of this article have been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2020-66840-001.) The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on college and university campuses internationally (e.g., widespread campus closures, transitions to online learning). Postsecondary students, who were already a developmentally vulnerable population, are now facing additional new challenges, which could lead to increased mental health concerns. However, there is a paucity of research on the psychological impacts of COVID-19, or who may be most at risk, among postsecondary students. To address these gaps in the literature, we recontacted a sample of 773 postsecondary students (74% female, Mage = 18.52) who previously completed a survey on student mental health in May 2019, again in May 2020. Students filled out an online survey at both time points, reporting on their recent stressful experiences and mental health. Although we expected that students with preexisting mental health concerns would show increased psychological distress during the pandemic, this hypothesis was not supported. Instead, repeated-measures analyses demonstrated that students with preexisting mental health concerns showed improving or similar mental health during the pandemic (compared with one year prior). In contrast, students without preexisting mental health concerns were more likely to show declining mental health, which coincided with increased social isolation among these students. Our findings underscore that colleges and universities will not only need to continue to support students with preexisting mental health needs but also prioritize early prevention and intervention programming to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on students with increasing psychological distress, potentially stemming from increasing social isolation in response to the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
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Reports an error in "Making the case for videoconferencing and remote child custody evaluations (RCCEs): The empirical, ethical, and evidentiary arguments for accepting new technology" by Milfred D. Dale and Desiree Smith (Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, Advanced Online Publication, Aug 24, 2020, np). In the article (https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000280), in the first paragraph of "VC Use in Forensic Interviews of Children Regarding Possible Child Abuse," the authors realized after publication that a staged event was incorrectly cited as a field study. All versions of this article have been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2020-62826-001.) The COVID-19 pandemic and its requirements for social distancing and limited, if any, in-person contact have forced the child custody community to consider remote child custody evaluations (RCCEs) conducted through videoconferencing. CCEs are perhaps the most complex of all forensic evaluations, requiring complex, multifaceted assessments of multiple parties and their relationships in order to address the best interests of the child. Attempting these evaluations via videoconferencing should be done carefully and only after consideration of numerous factors, including whether this alternative can be safely and reliably accomplished. This article outlines the conceptual approach used by the child custody community for determining the foci of the evaluation, tailoring data collection via multiple methodologies, and analyzing the data. The article reviews the empirical literature demonstrating that professional relationships and various clinical and forensic processes have reliably and successfully used videoconferencing with adults, children, and different clinical and forensic populations. The article also outlines how evaluators conducting RCCEs must comply with the ethical demands of their discipline or profession, as well as ethical demands unique to remote service delivery. Finally, the article addresses how evaluators can prepare for challenges to their work that are based upon the standards for admissibility of expert witness testimony. The limitations of videoconferencing, including limitations specific to the demands of RCCEs, are also reviewed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
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This article discusses the personal experiences of the author regarding the two pandemics, AIDS and COVID-19. These two pandemics are not the same. They are different. Yet, epidemics, pandemics, which call forth fear, isolation, illness, and death, stir up much human vulnerability. Many of the AIDS experiences resonate as the author responds to and adapt to this immediate coronavirus spreading around me and throughout the world. Some politicians in collusion with certain media commentators voicing divisive sociocultural attacks have referred to COVID-19 as a Chinese, European, or foreign virus. Viruses, especially on a pandemic scale, have no particular national affiliation. They are global and local at the same time. However, viruses do acquire political identities. Just like HIV/AIDS. Today, politically ideological statements about the foreignness of a virus have been quickly shut down. Othering and otherness may well be expressions of a perpetually reproducing pandemic one just might begin to see in those around them and within themselves. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)