COVID-19 Pandemisinde Görev Yapan Sağlık Çalışanlarında Depresyon, Anksiyete ve Travma Sonrası Stres Belirtilerinin Sosyodemografik ve Mesleki Değişkenler ile İlişkisi

GİRİŞ ve AMAÇ: COVID-19 salgını sırasında bir üniversite hastanesinde çalışan sağlık çalışanlarında depresyon, anksiyete ve travma sonrası stres seviyelerini ve bunların sosyodemografik ve mesleki değişkenler ile ilişkisini incelemek amaçlanmıştır.YÖNTEM ve GEREÇLER: 131 sağlık çalışanı, Mayıs- Temmuz 2020 tarihleri arasında çalışmaya alınmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında sosyodemografik veri formu, Hasta Sağlık Anketi-9, Yaygın Anksiyete Bozukluğu-7, Olayların Etkisi Ölçeği- Gözden geçirilmiş formu kullanılmıştır.&nbsp;BULGULAR: Katılımcıların %13.7’si depresyon, %26.7’si yaygın anksiyete belirtileri göstermektedir. %26.4’ü hafif düzeyde ve daha şiddetli travma sonrası stres bozukluğu (TSSB) belirtileri yaşamaktadır. Lojistik regresyon analizi sonuçlarına göre: kişinin bir yakınının veya meslektaşının COVID-19 geçirmesinin, enfeksiyon bulaşından korunma ile ilgili bilgisinin yetersiz olmasının TSSB, depresyon ve yaygın anksiyeteyi yordadığı; çalışma arkadaşları ile uyumsuzluğun TSSB ve depresyon belirtileri ile ilişkili olduğu; mesleki tecrübesi az olanların ve geçmiş psikiyatrik hastalık öykü olanların daha yüksek TSSB ve yaygın anksiyete belirtileri yaşadığı; kişisel koruyucu ekipman teminindeki yetersizliklerin daha şiddetli TSSB belirtileri ile, ekip lideri ile uyumsuzluğun daha şiddetli yaygın anksiyete belirtileri ile ilişkili olduğu tespit edilmiştir.TARTIŞMA ve SONUÇ: Salgınlar gibi riskli dönemlerde sağlık çalışanlarının tehlikeden nasıl korunacaklarına dair bilgilendirilmesi, yeterli ve uygun kişisel koruyucu ekipman sağlanması, olumlu bir çalışma ortamı sağlanması ile iyi liderlik uygulamaları psikopatoloji gelişiminden koruyucu görünmektedir.</p

Is Women's Place Beyond the Glass Ceiling? The Gender Gap in Academic Psychiatry Publications in Turkey

Introduction: In terms of academic positions and activities, women seem to be disadvantaged in various aspects all over the world. Our study aims to investigate the representation of male and female genders in academic psychiatry journals in Turkey.Method: We included the publications in the academic psychiatry journals indexed in The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Turkish Academic Network and Information Center, which were published between 2011 and 2020.12 journals were grouped as SCI-E/ SSCI (n=4), ESCI (n=4), and other international indexes (n=4). A total of 5179 articles were reviewed.Results: The ratios of female authors per article, female first author, female correspondence author, and female last author were found to be lower in the SCI-E/SSCI and ESCI groups compared to the other international index groups (p<0.05). In all article types, the rate of women as the last author was lower than the rate of women as the first author (p<0.05).Conclusion: The paucity of the female authors in the last authorship position and the editorial articles can be interpreted as the glass ceiling effect. To ensure gender equality in academic publications, universities and the editorial boards of journals should fight against gender-based bias and discrimination

Posttraumatic growth levels of healthcare workers in two periods with different intensities of COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens health-care workers' (HCW) mental health and well-being. Although traumatic life events may result in psychiatric disorders, occasionally they give rise to positive changes, such as post-traumatic growth. Accordingly, the present study evaluated the traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression levels of HCWs and their post-traumatic growth levels during the pandemic. In addition, the study aimed to assess the changes in psychological outcomes during the pandemic. For this aim, the data were collected in two different periods. The first data-collection period was between May and July 2020, and the second period started in November 2020 and ended in January 2021. The sociodemographic data form, Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) were used to collect data. Sixty-six HCWs participated in the study. No significant differences appeared between the baseline scores and 6-month follow-up in the depression, anxiety, and traumatic stress levels of HCWs. Furthermore, the PTGI scores decreased significantly over time. Although the change in the psychological distress scores was not statistically significant, the depression and post-traumatic stress scores increased over time. Previous research specified an inverse-parabolic relationship between traumatic stress and PTGI. Our results support previous research; as the exposure to the stressors continues, individual traumatic stress levels increase, psychiatric disorders become frequent, and affirmative changes (like post-traumatic growth) decline

Effect of Adjunct Psychosocial Skills Training on Social Functioning of Schizophrenia Patients Who Get Occupational Therapy in a Community Mental Health Center: A Comparative Study

Introduction: Antipsychotic drugs are effective in relieving symptoms in the treatment of schizophrenia, but decreased social functioning is resistant to drugs. In this study, the effect of adjunct Psychosocial Skills Training (PSST) on social functioning for schizophrenia patients who receive service in the community mental health center (CMHC) was investigated