Prevention and treatment in peripartum: The multicentric observatory for perinatal depression

Interest in perinatal mental distress has been increasing in recent years. Data from international literature show that almost 25% of women of the general population in perinatal period (pregnancy and post partum) suffer from under diagnosed affective and anxiety disorders. These data make the need for early and adequate interventions in this field dramatically evident. The Multicentric Observatory for Perinatal Depression (OMDP) is an observatory born from the cooperation of Tor Vergata and Sapienza Perinatal Mental Health Services, which now oversees the participation of several universities and territorial structures located in central, southern and northern Italy. The purpose of the Multicentric Observatory for Perinatal Depression (OMDP), is to conduct an extensive and precocious screening program for perinatal depression with a uniform and standardized criterion for all the Italian Centres participating, starting from the first trimester of pregnancy to 1 year after delivery, to create in the future a prophylactic and therapeutic network, offering the most effective and the safest therapeutic pathways. Pandemic Covid-19 has dramatically changed perinatal assistance and the activity of OMDP, which now is starting again with the screening program, and adding telepsychiatry to traditional visits and evaluation. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022. All rights reserved.

Psychoanalytic writing in the Coronavirus pandemic: Times of elaboration at the Febrapsi Psychoanalytic Observatory

The intervation proposed by the Febrapsi Psychoanalytic Observatory (PO), a clinical-political writing device of psychoanalysts, is analyzed for the secondary elaboration of the events that produce the current malaise during the Coronavirus pandemic. The texts are written in the format of essays, authorial, reflective, and expressing the author's personal experience with the event. In the process, five times are identified: Time Zero, that of sociopolitical, cultural and institutional events that affect us;Time One follows, constituted by the elaboration of psychoanalysts, through essays, advancing then to the collective dialogic elaboration between peers, Time Two;then, there is the elaboration of the team of curators in the writing of editorials, Time Three;Time Four is characterized by the reader's access to these elaborations, through the social media used by the Observatory. It is concluded that the PO is an institutional way of extensive clinical practice. In the intervention vertex, the possibility of producing effects on the different subjects reached by the device. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) Abstract (Portuguese) Analisa-se a intervengao proposta pelo Observatorio Psicanalitico Febrapsi (OP), estrategia clinico-politica de escrita de psicanalistas, para a elaboragao secundaria dos eventos que produzem o mal-estar atual ao longo da pandemia do Coronavirus. Os textos sao escritos no formato de ensaios, de carater autoral, reflexive, expressando a experiencia pessoal dos autores com o acontecimento. No processo, identificam-se cinco tempos: o Tempo Zero, aquele dos acontecimentos sociopoliticos, culturais e institucionais que nos afetam;segue-se o Tempo Um, constituido pela elaboragao dos psicanalistas, pormeio dos ensaios, avangando-se, entao, para a elaboragao coletiva dialogica entre os pares, considerado o Tempo Dois;em seguida, ocorre a elaboragao da equipe de curadores na escrita de editoriais, o Tempo Tres;o Tempo Quatro caracteriza-se pelo acesso do leitor a essas elaboragoes, por meio das mi'dias sociais utilizadas pelo Observatorio. Conclui-se que o OP e um modo institucional de exercicio de clinica extensa. No vertice de intervengao, vislumbra-se a possibilidade de produzir efeitos nos diferentes sujeitos alcangados por essa estrategia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) Abstract (Spanish) Se analiza la intervention propuesta por el Observatorio Psicoanalitico Febrapsi (OP), estrategia clinico-politica de escritura de psicoanalistas, para la elaboration secundaria de los eventos que producen el malestar actual durante la pandemia del Coronavirus. Los textos estan escritos en formato de ensayo, autoral, reflexivo y expresando la experiencia personal del autor con el evento. En el proceso se identifican cinco tiempos: el Tiempo Cero, el de los hechos sociopoliticos, culturales e institucionales que nos afectan;sigue el Tiempo Uno, constituido por la elaboration de psicoanalistas, a traves de ensayos, avanzando, entonces, a la elaboration dialogica colectiva entre pares, el Tiempo Dos;luego, esta la elaboration del equipo de curadores en la redaction de editoriales, Tempo Tres;Tempo Quatro se caracteriza por el acceso del lector a estas elaboraciones, a traves de las redes sociales que utiliza el Observatorio. Se concluye que la OP es una forma institutional de ejercer una practica clinica extensa. En el vertice de la intervencion se vislumbra la posibilidad de producir efectos sobre los diferentes sujetos alcanzados por esta estrategia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Changes in prescription drug abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic evidenced in the Catalan pharmacies.

Introduction: The impact of a pandemic on the mental health of the population is to be expected due to risk factors such as social isolation. Prescription drug abuse and misuse could be an indicator of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health. Community pharmacists play an important role in addressing prescription drug abuse by detecting signs and behaviors that give a clearer indication that a drug abuse problem exists. Methods: A prospective observational study to observe prescription drug abuse was conducted from March 2020 to December 2021 to compare with data obtained in the previous 2 years, through the Medicine Abuse Observatory, the epidemiological surveillance system set up in Catalonia. Information was obtained through a validated questionnaire attached on a web-based system and data collection software. A total of 75 community pharmacies were enrolled in the program. Results: The number of notifications during the pandemic period (11.8/100.000 inhabitants) does not indicate a significant change compared with those from pre-pandemic period, when it was 12.5/100.000 inhabitants. However, the number of notifications during the first wave when lockdown was in place stood at 6.1/100,000 inhabitants, significantly lower than in both the pre-pandemic and the whole of the pandemic periods. Regarding the patient's profile, it was observed that the proportion of younger patients (<25 and 25-35) rose in contrast to older ones (45-65 and >65). The use of benzodiazepines and fentanyl increased. Conclusions: This study has made it possible to observe the impact of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 on the behavior of patients in terms of use of prescription drugs through analysis of the trends of abuse or misuse and by comparing them with the pre-pandemic period. Overall, the increased detection of benzodiazepines has pointed out stress and anxiety generated by the pandemic.

Perspective: Lessons from COVID-19 of countries in the European region in light of findings from the health system response monitor.

Introduction: Decision-makers initially had limited data to inform their policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The research community developed several online databases to track cases, deaths, and hospitalizations; however, a major deficiency was the lack of detailed information on how health systems were responding to the pandemic and how they would need to be transformed going forward. Approach: In an effort to fill this information gap, in March 2020, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, the WHO European Regional Office and the European Commission created the COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) to collect and organise up-to-date information on how health systems, mainly in the WHO European Region, were responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings: The HSRM analysis and broader Observatory work on COVID-19 shone light on a range of health system challenges and weaknesses and catalogued policy options countries put in place during the pandemic to address these. Countries prioritised policies on investing in public health, supporting the workforce, maintaining financial stability, and strengthening governance in their response to COVID-19. Outlook: COVID-19 is likely to continue to impact health systems for the foreseeable future; the ability to cope with this pressure, and other shocks, depends on having good information on what other countries have done so that health systems develop adequate policy options. In support of this, the country information on the COVID-19 HSRM will remain available as a repository to inform decision makers on options for actions and possible measures against COVID-19 and other public health emergencies. Building on its previous work on health systems resilience, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies will sustain its focus on analysing key issues related to the recovery from the pandemic and making health systems more resilient. This includes policy knowledge transfer between countries and systematic resilience testing, aiming at contributing to an improved understanding of health system response, recovery, and preparedness. Contribution to the literature in non-technical language: The COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) was the first database in the WHO European Region to collect and organise up-to-date information on how health systems were responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The HSRM provides a repository of policies which can be used to inform decision makers in health and other policy domains on options for action and possible measures against COVID-19 and other public health emergencies. This initiative proved particularly valuable, especially during the early phases of the pandemic, when there was limited information for countries to draw on as they formulated their own policy response to the pandemic. Our perspectives paper highlights some key challenges within health systems that the HSRM was able to identify during the pandemic and considers policy options countries put in place in response. Our research contributes to literature on emergency responses and recovery, health systems performance assessment, particularly health system resilience, and showcases the Observatory experience on how to design such a data collection tool, as well as how to leverage its findings to support cross-country learning.

Psychoanalytic writing in the Coronavirus pandemic: Times of elaboration at the Febrapsi Psychoanalytic Observatory

(Portuguese) Analisa-se a intervengao proposta pelo Observatorio Psicanalitico Febrapsi (OP), estrategia clinico-politica de escrita de psicanalistas, para a elaboragao secundaria dos eventos que produzem o mal-estar atual ao longo da pandemia do Coronavirus. Os textos sao escritos no formato de ensaios, de carater autoral, reflexive, expressando a experiencia pessoal dos autores com o acontecimento. No processo, identificam-se cinco tempos: o Tempo Zero, aquele dos acontecimentos sociopoliticos, culturais e institucionais que nos afetam;segue-se o Tempo Um, constituido pela elaboragao dos psicanalistas, pormeio dos ensaios, avangando-se, entao, para a elaboragao coletiva dialogica entre os pares, considerado o Tempo Dois;em seguida, ocorre a elaboragao da equipe de curadores na escrita de editoriais, o Tempo Tres;o Tempo Quatro caracteriza-se pelo acesso do leitor a essas elaboragoes, por meio das mi'dias sociais utilizadas pelo Observatorio. Conclui-se que o OP e um modo institucional de exercicio de clinica extensa. No vertice de intervengao, vislumbra-se a possibilidade de produzir efeitos nos diferentes sujeitos alcangados por essa estrategia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) Se analiza la intervention propuesta por el Observatorio Psicoanalitico Febrapsi (OP), estrategia clinico-politica de escritura de psicoanalistas, para la elaboration secundaria de los eventos que producen el malestar actual durante la pandemia del Coronavirus. Los textos estan escritos en formato de ensayo, autoral, reflexivo y expresando la experiencia personal del autor con el evento. En el proceso se identifican cinco tiempos: el Tiempo Cero, el de los hechos sociopoliticos, culturales e institucionales que nos afectan;sigue el Tiempo Uno, constituido por la elaboration de psicoanalistas, a traves de ensayos, avanzando, entonces, a la elaboration dialogica colectiva entre pares, el Tiempo Dos;luego, esta la elaboration del equipo de curadores en la redaction de editoriales, Tempo Tres;Tempo Quatro se caracteriza por el acceso del lector a estas elaboraciones, a traves de las redes sociales que utiliza el Observatorio. Se concluye que la OP es una forma institutional de ejercer una practica clinica extensa. En el vertice de la intervencion se vislumbra la posibilidad de producir efectos sobre los diferentes sujetos alcanzados por esta estrategia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

How we completed major maintenance and new installations at Las Cumbres Observatory during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Las Cumbres Observatory (LCOGT) operates a network of more than 25 telescopes that are globally distributed over seven sites. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic restricting travel to most of those sites since March 2020, LCOGT achieved several significant operational milestones: (i) We deployed a new multi-channel imager (MuS-CAT3) at Haleakala Observatory. (ii) We installed two new 1-meter telescopes at Teide Observatory. (iii) We performed essential maintenance with local staff at the sites. The latter included opening two of the NRES spectrograph's thermal and pressure enclosures - a task traditionally executed by trained LCOGT personnel only. We discuss the evolution of LCOGT's paradigm for maintenance. Sustaining observatory operations increasingly relied on local observatory staff, of various skill levels and capabilities, to execute the highest priority work with remote support. We made this possible with extensive planning, being sensitive to local conditions, and bringing in expertise to support and guide in real-time via extended Zoom sessions.

COVID-19 IMPACT MONITORING FOR CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT (GREENHOUSE GASES)

To track atmospheric CO2 changes resulting from the lockdowns, observations collected by the NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite and Japan's Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) in 2020 were compared to results collected in previous years. The OCO-2 results were used to search for changes on regional scales over the globe. Targeted observations from GOSAT were used to track changes in large urban areas, such as Beijing and Tokyo. Both types of observations yielded key insights into the CO2 changes accompanying the economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 lockdowns. ESA, NASA and JAXA developed the dashboard jointly to monitor the climate impacts of COVID-19. © 2021 IEEE

The Role of the Official Media Against Circulating Rumors and Media Disinformation About the Corona Pandemic (A'keed Observatory as a Model)

The study aimed to identify the role of the official media against the circulating rumors and media misinformation about the Corona pandemic, through the Akeed Media Observatory in Jordan. In this study, the researcher adopted the descriptive and analytical approach, as he monitored the role of the A'keed Media Observatory to confront rumors about the Corona pandemic. The study sample was chosen from the media workers in Akeed Observatory, and their number reached (30) media workers, and in order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher developed a questionnaire with the aim of identifying the role of the Akeed Media Observatory in Jordan to address rumors about the Corona pandemic, and the study reached a conclusion that the Akeed Media Observatory in Jordan achieved a large and essential role in confronting circulating rumors and disinformation about the Corona pandemic. The study recommended the development of mechanisms and media strategies to address the rumors about the Corona pandemic. © 2022 by the authors.

Sustainable urban development observatory of Thessaloniki - lessons learnt from the first year of operation

Sustainable Urban Development Observatory of Thessaloniki (SUDOTh) started operating in the first semester of 2020 with the objective to promote territorial evidence in policy making in urban governance. SUDOTh was developed as part of the Sustainable Urban Development Strategy 2016-2023 of Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area to address the need to obtain, observe and monitor how complex urban functions interact, at a territorial level, with product development (or lagging) effects. In the first year of operation, the Observatory had to set, test and evaluate the system of indicators and indexes it uses. Initially the system was formed in 4 basic sections: 1. Territorial Development and Urban renewal, 2. Urban Mobility, 3. Environmental Conditions and 4. Social Conditions. An extra set of indicators for Urban Governance was also developed. The process of data collection, test and evaluation of indicators was eventually coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. This situation influenced deeply several urban functions as well as the data collection methodology. The first results and conclusions from the first year of the operation of SUDOTh are presented and discussed further in this paper.

Implementing an Urban Public Health Observatory for (Near) Real-Time Surveillance for the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic is broadly undercutting global health and economies, while disproportionally impacting socially disadvantaged populations. An impactful pandemic surveillance solution must draw from multi-dimensional integration of social determinants of health (SDoH) to contextually inform traditional epidemiological factors. In this article, we describe an Urban Public Health Observatory (UPHO) model which we have put into action in a mid-sized U.S. metropolitan region to provide near real-time analysis and dashboarding of ongoing COVID-19 conditions. Our goal is to illuminate associations between SDoH factors and downstream pandemic health outcomes to inform specific policy decisions and public health planning.