Standalone hybrid PV/wind/diesel-electric generator system for a COVID-19 quarantine center.

This work is motivated by the need in overcoming the electricity crisis in Gaza, which is initiated due to political reasons and the spread of COVID-19. Building quarantine centers is one of the most important means used in combating the COVID-19, but connecting these centers to the electricity distribution network at the appropriate time is not always possible and increases the burden on the local utility company. This article proposed a hybrid off-grid energy system (HES) to effectively energize the quarantine COVID-19 center in Gaza economically and environmentally. To achieve this aim, the estimated load profile of the quarantine center is fed to the HOMER-Pro program. In addition, the various systems components are introduced to the program, then modeled, and optimized. The developed approach was tested using a real case study considering realistic input data. HOMER-Pro program is used to simulate and optimize the system design. The results revealed the potential of the HES to provide environment-friendly, cost-effective, and affordable electricity for the studied quarantine center, as compared to just the diesel generators system. For the considered case study, it is found that the PV-wind-diesel generators HES can cover the connected load with the lowest cost ($ 0.348/kWh) in comparison to other possible HES structures. Taking into consideration the price of harmful emissions, the wining system shows a reduction of 54.89% of the cost of energy (CoE) compared to other systems. For the considered case study, it is found that a combination of 150 kW PV, 200 kW wind, and two diesel generators with capacities of 500 and 250 kW can hold 100% of the electrical load required to keep the quarantine COVID-19 center in operation. The initial capital cost of this HES is $510,576 where the share of wind energy, solar PV, inverter, and diesel-electric generators are $320,000, $83,076, $25,000, and $82,500, respectively. The replacemen cost ($55,918) is due to diesel generators. The total operation and maintainance cost (O&M) is $268,737, that is, 25.6% for wind turbines, 1.2% for inverters, and 70.7% for diesel electric generators. The PV/wind/diesel generators HES generate 1,659,038 kWh of electricity. The total energy requirement of 1,442,553 kWh, which means a surplus of 212,553 kWh of energy/year. The total energy (kWh) is an integration of energy sources which are 427,276 (25.8%), 274,500 (16.5%), and 857,263 (57.7%), due to wind, solar and diesel generators respectively. The cost of yearly consumed fuel is $437,828.769. The payback period for the winning system is 1.8 years. Finally, it is proved that the developed approach gives a reasonable solution to the decision-makers to find a fast, economic and reliable solution to energize the quarantine centers.

Evaluation of Prevalence of Fatigue among Jordanian University Students and its Relation to COVID-19 Quarantine

BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) presented an opportunity to conduct an online survey to research the psychological fatigue as a mental health issue among the students of Jadara University, Jordan. AIM: This study aimed at assessing prevalence of fatigue in the student population of Jadara University (Irbid, Jordan) and its association with COVID-19 quarantine. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Jadara University during a period of 2 months, extending from March to May, 2020. Two-hundred students (43.8% males and 56.2% females) participated in the study and filled forms of the fatigue assessment scale. RESULT(S): Psychologically-tired students constituted 59.0% of the participants whereas the remainder participants were normal students. Moreover, statistically-significant differences in fatigue between students of the various academic years (p = 0.04) were found. The highest proportion of students suffering from fatigue was observed in the fourth-, and 5th-year students (21 out of 42 and 9 out of 18, respectively, [i.e., 50.0%, each]). The lowest proportion of students suffering from fatigue was that of the 1st-year students (29.0%). Significant differences in fatigue were also found between working and non-working students (p = 0.001), where all the non-working students (92;100.0%) suffered from fatigue while most of the working students experienced no fatigue (82;69.0% of the working students). CONCLUSION(S): The current study adds to the growing body of knowledge available to policymakers and mental health practitioners throughout the world about the links between individual mental health and the COVID-19 quarantine.Copyright © 2022 Aiman Shoiab, Alia Khwaldeh, Ali Alsarhan, Ashraf Khashroum, Ayman Alsheikh, Sokiyna Ababneh.

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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)

The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on maternal mental health and parenting practices moderated by urban green space

Stress generates difficulties in parenting, which affects child development. We aimed to understand the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on maternal mental health and parenting practices. We also explored to what extent green space is a protective factor in the aforementioned relationship. We explored heterogeneous lockdown effects using longitudinal georeferenced data for 985 families (mothers and 24- to 30-month-olds) and exploiting localized lockdowns in Chile. Controlling for observed and unobserved fixed characteristics, on average, we did not find an association between lockdown duration and maternal mental health or parenting practices. However, the previous nonsignificant association is heterogeneous across access to green space. Although lockdown duration increased dysfunctional interactions with children for mothers with little access to green space, we did not see the previous effect on mothers who live close to green space. Mothers who do not comply with the lockdown mandate are the ones who drive this heterogeneous effect. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Trauma-informed phone interviews: Learning from the COVID-19 quarantine

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and associated lockdowns have significantly affected populations with prior trauma histories, as well as research studies with trauma survivors. This article describes the transition from in-person to virtual research during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda in 2020. The lockdown occurred during an evaluation study of a trauma-informed yoga intervention (hartyoga .org) with survivors of human trafficking residing in shelters. We discuss strategies taken and lessons learned in conducting virtual intervention and interview sessions with trauma survivors. Approaches we found to be particularly important included preinterview calls with participants;intense active listening for changes in tone, cadence, and background noises;reacquiring informed consent at multiple points in the interview;actively engaging interviewees as partners in ensuring ethical guidelines;and ensuring support for research team members to avoid burnout or secondary trauma. We believe that these strategies have relevance for other virtual or telephone research studies with trauma survivors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

A brief response to Anderson & Knee (2020) queer isolation or queering isolation?

Comments on the original article by A. R. Anderson and E. Knee (see record 2020-49749-001) by encouraging readers to embolden themselves with queer theory for its liberatory intent and potential. In particular, this article troubles notions of queer space and time to illuminate the ways queers are not hapless victims to gentrification (amidst COVID-19 or otherwise) and encourages us to continue imagining and enacting more hopeful, equitable futurities (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

A perspective on the emotional and cognitive effects of the measures put in place due to COVID-19 in Puerto Rican children

After a year and a half of experimenting individual and collective changes that the pandemic restrictions have brought due to COVID-19, there is a growing literature in different disciplines documenting the effects the global population is experiencing. Due to this continuous reality, we proposed a theory article that would connect neuroscientific theories with recent literature to expose the emotional and learning effects COVID-19 is having on Puerto Rican children. Additionally, we proposed to summarize applicable recommendations to the home, educational, clinical contexts, as well as potential applications for public policy. For this end, the following objectives were established: 1) state how the neurophysiological perspective allows us to explain the emotional and learning effects, 2) state how Puerto Rican children have been emotionally and cognitively affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic, 3) state assertive practices to mitigate the discussed effects. The neuroscientific theories were applied to the effects that recent literature has shown, and found recommendations were also included (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) Abstract (Spanish) Al ano y medio de haber experimentado cambios individuales y colectivos por las restricciones de la pandemia ocasionadas por COVID-19, ya comienza a haber literatura en distintas disciplinas indicando sobre los efectos que estan trastocando a la poblacion global. Ante esta continua realidad, se propuso redactar un escrito de modelo teorico que enlace teorias neurocientificas con la literatura actual para exponer los efectos emocionales y de aprendizaje que COVID-19 esta teniendo en la ninez puertorriquena. De igual manera se propuso resumir las recomendaciones de literatura reciente aplicables a contextos del hogar, de aprendizaje, clinicos, y aplicaciones de politica publica. Para este fin, se plantearon los siguientes objetivos: 1) exponer como la perspectiva neurofisiologica nos permite explicar los efectos emocionales y de aprendizaje, 2) conocer como la ninez puertorriquena se ha visto afectada emocional y cognitivamente por la pandemia COVID-19 y, 3) exponer practicas acertadas para aminorar los efectos discutidos. Las teorias neurocientificas se aplicaron a los efectos que estan siendo mostrados por la literatura reciente, al igual que se redactaron las recomendaciones encontradas. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

The ethics of news media reporting on coronavirus humor

This essay explores the news media's portrayal of humor during the early phase of COVID-19-related lockdowns. Examining a collection of online news articles reveals the media tended to frame the issue as an ethical one (e.g., "is it okay to laugh at the coronavirus?"). After reviewing work on humor ethics, a qualitative content analysis of 20 news media articles is presented. Three issues from the news stories are identified, allowing comparison of the media's claims against the ethical principles articulated. The essay concludes with a consideration of how news media's coverage of humor fits within a broader pandemic narrative. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

SG-APSIC1176: Laboratory-acquired COVID-19 during the SARS-CoV-2 ο (omicron) pandemic wave at a tertiary-care hospital in Korea

Objectives: Laboratory-acquired infection (LAI) of SARS-CoV is well known, but MERS-CoV or SARS-CoV-2 LAI has not yet been reported. Beginning last November, COVID-19 cases increased among laboratory staff at our 2,700-bed tertiary-care hospital. A 7-day home-quarantine policy for healthcare workers when household members were confirmed with SARS-COV-2 was lifted February 28. We investigated LAI and its risk factors. Methods: From March 21 to 25, all confirmed cases of COVID-19 among 176 laboratory staff were surveyed with questionnaire to collect the following data: symptom onset and period, SARS-CoV-2 PCR–positive sample date, age, sex, infection in household members, close contact with COVID-19 confirmed staff, work type, work unit, possibility of LAI and LAI risk factors. Results: In total, 54 laboratory staff (30.1%) were confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 infection;first 1 person on November 28 and 1 person on November 30, 2021, then 13 in February 2022 and 39 later in 2022. Overall, 22 cases had previously infected household members, and 9 cases suspected that they had had hospital contact with an infected patients through phlebotomy or bedside tests. In total, 25 cases of possible LAI mainly occurred in clusters of 3, 6, or 7 people through person-to-person transmission of a coworker who had an infected family member. The remaining 9 cases, including 1 sample receptionist, 2 urine analysis technicians, and 6 SARS-CoV-2 PCR test staff, may have been infected through an infected sample. However, person-to-person transmission was still possible because most shared a changing room and lounge in the same work unit. Conclusions: The most important cause of LAI is person-to-person transmission between coworkers;therefore, home quarantine is an effective measure to prevent LAI when a household member is infected wish SARS-CoV-2. Handling of infected specimens may be the second most common cause of LAI.

Self-quarantine: Deepening natural encounter during COVID-19

The word "quarantine" might conjure up negative associations;for instance, a youth may be given "time-out" as punishment for unruly behavior. A time-out creates space for reflection on one's actions and strips away the positive reinforcement linked to social stimulation. This chapter has two sections. The first section, "Mortality and Ecocide", explores the existential ramifications of how COVID self-quarantine suddenly and dramatically eliminated work hours for workers who were viewed as nonessential. The second section, "Symbolism and Deepening of Existential Encounter", delves into personal mythology study to further understand the human situation on the planet in relation to fear of death and the need for power. The chapter explores how human behavioral changes due to dysfunction correspond with the human meaning-making process and how we construct personal myths. Becker's exposition on death anxiety suggests that, in part, humans crave to unveil the meaning of life to mitigate the existential tension at times caused by the inevitability of death. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

The house of man: Sheltering in the Anthropocene

When the pandemic struck, many countries went into lockdown mode;India did so for 21 days starting on March 24, 2020. In addition to the people who were already in quarantine, the experience during the lockdown has impacted our "normal" experience of home as people have been asked to stay at home. In the Anthropocene, the geological epoch where humans are acting as a planetary force, the questions of "home" and "ownership" have come under intense scrutiny because various species are losing their natural habitats and face extinction. This chapter proposes to investigate the elementality of home that marks the pandemic and the Anthropocene. To locate this threshold, we follow the conceptual motif of sanctuary and shelter to illuminate the structure of home during the pandemic. The chapter discusses the various inflections of home in the pandemic and its construction as a scientifically validated shelter from the virus. It focuses on the figure of the migrant and how the rootlessness of the migrant can be understood in the face of Gaia, our planet as a sanctuary in the Anthropocene. To discuss on futures that are lost, the chapter reflects on images of home-as-sanctuary relative to the pandemic and the Anthropocene. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Socioeconomic crisis and mental health stress among the middle-income group during the COVID-19 pandemic

[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 42(3) of Sociological Spectrum (see record 2022-84985-006). 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.] 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)

The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on perceived stress: The role of defence mechanisms and coping strategies

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a unique global challenge. To deter its spread, several countries have put lockdown and physical distancing measures in place that could have potentially harmful consequences on people's mental health. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the relationship between anxiety and perceived stress in individuals who were experiencing the COVID-19 lockdown measures, while also analyzing the impact of coping strategies interacting with defence mechanisms. A sample of 1408 individuals (Mage = 34.69;SD = 11.87) completed the Ten Item Perceived Stress Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Form X3, Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced and Forty-Item Defense Style Questionnaire, after providing written informed consent. Results highlighted the significant impact of state anxiety levels on perceived stress, both directly and indirectly. The indirect pathways have been explored by performing three mixed serial-parallel mediation analyses, where significant associations between coping strategies (Social Support, Avoidance Strategies, Positive Attitude, Problem-solving and Turning to Religion) and mature, neurotic, or immature defences have been found. These findings may contribute to orientate prevention and intervention activity during the several management phases of COVID-19. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Changes in couples sexual behavior during the lockdown due to COVID-19 in Puerto Rico

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought adverse consequences in several areas of a person's functioning, including economic, work, family, and academic. One area that has been little investigated in Puerto Rico is the effect of confinement on couples' sexual behavior. The objectives of the present study were: (1) analyze whether there are statistically significant differences between the sexual satisfaction of the participants before and during quarantine;(2) examine whether there have been significant changes in the quality of intimate relationships during the quarantine;and (3) evaluate whether anxiety and COVID-19 anxiety significantly predict participants' sexual satisfaction during quarantine. The sample consisted of 392 adults, primarily women (87.5%). The main results reflected a decrease in the quality of the couple's relationship and sexual satisfaction during the quarantine. In addition, the relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and sexual satisfaction during quarantine was low and negative. Although some differences turned out to be statistically significant, a look at these differences highlights that the differences were minimal at a practical and clinical level. Recommendations and practical implications are discussed from a clinical and counseling angle. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) La pandemia por coronavirus (COVID-19) trajo secuelas adversas en varias areas del funcionamiento de las personas, entre ellas economicas, laborales, familiares y academicas. Un area que no se ha investigado en Puerto Rico es el efecto de los encierros en la conducta sexual de las parejas. Los objetivos del presente estudio fueron: (1) analizar si existen diferencias estadisticamente significativas entre la satisfaccion sexual de las personas participantes antes y durante la cuarentena;(2) examinar si se han producido cambios significativos en la calidad de las relaciones de pareja durante la cuarentena;y (3) evaluar si la ansiedad y la ansiedad por COVID-19 predicen la satisfaccion sexual de las personas participantes durante la cuarentena. La muestra consistio de 392 personas adultas en su mayoria mujeres (87.5%). Los resultados reflejaron una disminucion en la calidad de la relacion de pareja y en la satisfaccion sexual durante la cuarentena. La relacion entre ansiedad por COVID-19 y satisfaccion sexual durante la cuarentena fue significativa, baja y negativa. A pesar que algunas diferencias resultaron ser estadisticamente significativas, una mirada a dichas diferencias resalta que a nivel practico y clinico las diferencias fueron minimas. Se discuten recomendaciones e implicaciones para la clinica y consejeria. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Distancing from the present: Nostalgia and leisure in lockdown

This paper considers the role of nostalgia-based leisure in the present COVID-19 pandemic. Enforced lockdowns and social distancing initiatives have been met with various media channels replaying famous sport matches, classic films and memorable concerts from the past. Furthermore, social media is full of families interacting more;playing traditional board games and numerous other leisure-related activities such as baking bread and making fresh pasta. Nostalgia may well end up being one of the primary coping mechanisms (for all generations) of enduring isolation, fear-and a general loss of freedom. It is also worth considering whether we are now creating our own future nostalgia where, when the crisis is through, we will long for the social bonds and sense of community the pandemic created. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Staffing the force: Police staff in England and Wales' experiences of working through a COVID-19 lockdown

This online survey (N = 2365) examined the experiences of (non-sworn/non-warranted) staff serving in police forces in England and Wales during the March to July COVID-19 virus lockdown in the UK. Particular attention was paid to staff working from home, those able to partially work from home and those who remained at work in their usual police location. Home working staff were generally less stressed than those remaining partially or totally at their work location. Public interacting staff were particularly stressed. Regression analyses found that for all staff, irrespective of location, tiredness and finding work more difficult were implicated in increased stress. For those remaining at their place of work homeschooling and lacking preparedness for another lockdown were additional stressors. The importance of feeling valued is discussed. Some recommendations are offered in the light of these findings including the concept of moral injury repair. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Psychiatric ward lockdown in Latin America: Experiences from the coronavirus pandemic

The political leaders of many Latin American countries reacted too slowly to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. The preventive lockdown of a specialized psychiatric hospital provides the context for discussing both practical challenges and issues related to the structural ordering of mental health services. The pandemic has brought to the fore several structural problems and the need for innovative practices. Psychiatric inpatient services in Latin America have many modalities, given the rich history and influences of psychiatry in this area of the world, as well as the complexity that many schools of mental healthcare and mental health politics around the world have brought to it. The French and German schools of psychiatry served as the foundations of modern mental healthcare in the southern Latin American countries, while the northern Latin American countries have deep roots in the American model of mental healthcare. While the background in which mental healthcare takes place is varied, the impact of the COVID pandemic in Latin American countries has many points in common that makes the containment of the COVID-19 infection a complex phenomenon in itself. This chapter will cover the pandemic experience in Colombia, Argentina, and Peru. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Assessment of mental health of university students faced with different lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, a repeated cross-sectional study

Background: Studies have highlighted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of university students. However, little is known about the psychological impact of successive lockdowns on this population. Objectives: To assess the prevalence of psychological distress in a student population during the first two lockdowns linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to stratify them by subgroup. Methods: We used a repeated cross-sectional study of a university student population in France during the first lockdown, the unlockdown, and the second lockdown. We measured rates of depression, anxiety, distress and suicidal ideation. A weighted prevalence was calculated with 95% confidence intervals. Predictors of symptom progression were measured using adjusted logistic regression. Results: 19,150 university students responded to the surveys. Our results suggest a significant decrease in the scores for depression (aOR = 0.64;CI%: 0.59-0.70), anxiety (aOR = 0.81;CI%: 0.74-0.88), and distress symptoms (aOR = 0.47;CI%: 0.43-0.51) between the first lockdown and the lifting of the lockdown. However, a significant increase in symptoms of depression (aOR = 1.53;CI%: 1.43-1.64), anxiety (aOR = 1.56;CI%: 1.45-1.67) and suicidal ideation (aOR = 1.59;CI%: 1.45-1.73) between the first and second lockdown is highlighted. The most impacted students are PhD students, they show a significant increase (aOR = 4.37;CI%: 1.41-13.54) in suicidal ideation. Conclusion: Mental health professionals will need to be vigilant about this population, both to provide care for psychological distress, but also to reduce the risk of PhD students dropping out. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Chinese) : COVID-19 ,- :COVID-19 , :-, 95% :19,150 -,(aOR = 0.64;CI%:0.59-0.70)(aOR = 0.81;CI%:0.74-0.88)(aOR = 0.47;CI%:0.43-0.51),-(aOR = 1.53;CI%:1.43-1.64)(aOR = 1.56;CI%:1.45-1.67)(aOR = 1.59;CI%:1.45-1.73),(aOR = 4.37;CI%:1.41-13.54) :-,, (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) Antecedentes: Los estudios han destacado el impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en la salud mental de los estudiantes universitarios. Sin embargo, poco se sabe acerca del impacto psicologico de los sucesivos confinamientos en esta poblacion. Objetivos: Evaluar la prevalencia del malestar psicologico en una poblacion estudiantil durante los primeros dos confinamientos vinculados a la pandemia COVID-19 y estratificarlos por subgrupos. Metodos: Utilizamos un estudio transversal repetido de una poblacion de estudiantes universitarios en Francia durante el primer confinamiento, el desbloqueo y el segundo confinamiento. Medimos las tasas de depresion, ansiedad, angustia e ideacion suicida. Se calculo una prevalencia ponderada con intervalos de confianza del 95%. Los predictores de la progresion de los sintomas se midieron mediante regresion logistica ajustada. Resultados: 19.150 estudiantes universitarios respondieron las encuestas. Nuestros resultados sugieren una disminucion significativa en los puntajes de depresion (aOR = 0.64;%IC: 0.59-0.70), ansiedad (aOR = 0.81;%IC: 0.74-0.88) y sintomas de angustia (aOR = 0.47;%IC: 0.43-0.51) entre el primer confinamiento y el levantamiento de este. Sin embargo, se destaca un aumento significativo en los sintomas de depresion (aOR = 1.53;%IC: 1.43-1.64), ansiedad (aOR = 1.56;%IC: 1.45-1.67) e ideacion suicida (aOR = 1.59;%IC: 1.45-1.73) entre el primer y segundo confinamiento. Los estudiantes mas afectados son los doctorandos, ellos muestran un aumento significativo (aOR = 4.37;%IC: 1.41-13.54) de ideacion suicida. Conclusion: Los profesionales de salud mental deberan estar atentos a esta poblacion, tanto para proporcionar cuidado para el malestar psicologico, como tambien para reducir el riesgo de que los estudiantes de doctorado abandonen sus estudios. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

This must be the place: Distraction, connection, and "space-building" in the time of quarantine

Philosopher Henri Lefebvre claimed that exultations such as "Change life! Change society!"-or, more appropriately, "Change your habits!"-mean nothing "without the production of an appropriate space" where these changes can occur. Adapting Lefebvre's theories on the production of space to leisure, this paper celebrates how our participation in collectivistic online communities helps reconcile our need for distraction and connection during quarantine, aided by the practice of "space-building." Through this process, leisure develops as both a visual and physical practice, the apathy (and boredom) resulting from inertia circumvented by space-building. By constructing relatable spaces that strive to mimic "real-world" locales, the dissonance created by the dialectical relationship between the objective truth (I'm stuck at home...) and our subjective projections is temporarily resolved. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

The impact of COVID-19 on children with additional support needs and disabilities in Scotland

Recently, as a result of international treaties and domestic legislation, children's rights have moved to centre stage. In Scotland, under the terms of the Education (Scotland) Act 2016, those with additional support needs and disabilities (ASND) enjoy enhanced and legally enforceable rights, described by the Scottish Government as the most progressive children's rights regime in Europe. This paper assesses the extent to which children's rights have been prioritised during the COVID-19 crisis. Evidence is drawn from a qualitative study of the experiences of 16 families including a child with ASND during June and July 2020. We conclude that, particularly in the early days of the lockdown, scant regard was paid to the rights of children with ASND as education and care services were suddenly withdrawn. Existing inequalities were exacerbated, such as unequal access to IT, varying levels of support and differences in family resources. Families also reported some positive experiences, such as enjoying more time together and a release from school-generated stress. The paper concludes by arguing that the hiatus in educational provision is likely to have a negative impact on the educational progress and wellbeing of children with ASND, which will take determined efforts to rectify in the future. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)