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This study reviews the existing literature on psychiatric interventions for individuals affected by the COVID-19 epidemic. My article cumulates previous research on how extreme stressors associated with COVID-19 may aggravate or cause psychiatric problems. The unpredictability of the COVID-19 epidemic progression may result in significant psychological pressure on vulnerable populations. Persons with psychiatric illnesses may experience worsening symptoms or may develop an altered mental state related to an increased suicide risk. The inspected findings prove that psychological intervention measures for patients affected by the epidemic should be designed and personalized adequately. Preventive measures seek to decrease infection rates and cut down the risk of the public healthcare system to eventually be overburdened. Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, people with psychiatric illnesses may confront a decrease in mental health services. As limitations in the current review, by focusing only on articles published in journals indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and ProQuest, I inevitably disregarded other valuable sources. Subsequent research directions should clarify the effectiveness of online mental health services in providing remote psychiatric interventions to individuals affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.
Aurel Pera. Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Disorder, and Suicide Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2020, 11, 572699 .
AMA StyleAurel Pera. Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Disorder, and Suicide Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic. . 2020; 11 ():572699.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurel Pera. 2020. "Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Disorder, and Suicide Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic." 11, no. : 572699.
This study reviews the existing literature on psychiatric interventions for individuals affected by the COVID-19 epidemic. My article cumulates previous research on how extreme stressors associated with COVID-19 may aggravate or cause psychiatric problems. The unpredictability of the COVID-19 epidemic progression may result in significant psychological pressure on vulnerable populations. Persons with psychiatric illnesses may experience worsening symptoms or may develop an altered mental state related to an increased suicide risk. The inspected findings prove that psychological intervention measures for patients affected by the epidemic should be designed and personalized adequately. Preventive measures seek to decrease infection rates and cut down the risk of the public healthcare system to eventually be overburdened. Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, people with psychiatric illnesses may confront a decrease in mental health services. As limitations in the current review, by focusing only on articles published in journals indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and ProQuest, I inevitably disregarded other valuable sources. Subsequent research directions should clarify the effectiveness of online mental health services in providing remote psychiatric interventions to individuals affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.
Aurel Pera. Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Disorder, and Suicide Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 1 .
AMA StyleAurel Pera. Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Disorder, and Suicide Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020; 11 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurel Pera. 2020. "Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Disorder, and Suicide Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Frontiers in Psychology 11, no. : 1.
This review enhances the existing literature on the emotional and mental health of COVID-19 patients and affected persons who have spent prolonged time intervals in self-isolation or quarantine. My article cumulates previous research findings on adverse physical and psychological consequences developed from the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout May 2020, I conducted a quantitative literature review of the Web of Science database, with search terms including “psychological anxiety,” “emotional distress,” “social isolation stress,” and “mental health disorders.” As I focused on research published exclusively this year, only 104 various types of articles met the eligibility criteria. By removing those whose results were inconclusive, unconfirmed by replication, or too general, and because of space constraints, I selected 49, mainly empirical, sources. The inspected collected findings prove that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in greater degrees of psychological distress in the affected populations. The COVID-19 outbreak may generate emotional distress and anxiety, aggravating preexisting mental health disorders and shaping stress-related disturbances for affected people. Individuals having severe mental illness tend to be hurt emotionally by social problems heightening their vulnerability. Both COVID-19 infected patients and the general affected population may develop severe depressive symptoms. Significant degrees of fear may heighten the damage generated by such a highly infectious disease. The volume of recovered patients may diminish COVID-19-related apprehension and panic. Future research should investigate whether COVID-19-related reduced care provision and prolonged self-isolation and quarantine will have long-term impact on mental and psychological health.
Aurel Pera. Cognitive, Behavioral, and Emotional Disorders in Populations Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 1 .
AMA StyleAurel Pera. Cognitive, Behavioral, and Emotional Disorders in Populations Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020; 11 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurel Pera. 2020. "Cognitive, Behavioral, and Emotional Disorders in Populations Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak." Frontiers in Psychology 11, no. : 1.
This review enhances the existing literature on relationships between problematic smartphone use (PSU), psychopathology, addictive personality, and online social engagement as regards young adults, giving attention to predictive determinants of addictive behavior in smartphone usage. My article cumulates previous research findings on the psychology of addictive smartphone behavior in terms of problematic use, social anxiety, and depressive stress by focusing on the relationship among mobile social media usage, smartphone addiction risk, mental health issues, and individual well-being. The inspected collected findings prove that depression and social anxiety constitute risk determinants for greater PSU and that particular categories of smartphone applications are positively related to well-being. State anxiety and motivations represent significant predictors of PSU. High PSU affects participation in social engagement. As limitations in the current review, my results point towards relevant avenues of research on social consequences of teenagers’ smartphone problematic use. Future directions should clarify whether compulsive smartphone use adversely affects both mental and physical health in the long run.
Aurel Pera. The Psychology of Addictive Smartphone Behavior in Young Adults: Problematic Use, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Stress. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2020, 11, 1 .
AMA StyleAurel Pera. The Psychology of Addictive Smartphone Behavior in Young Adults: Problematic Use, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Stress. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2020; 11 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurel Pera. 2020. "The Psychology of Addictive Smartphone Behavior in Young Adults: Problematic Use, Social Anxiety, and Depressive Stress." Frontiers in Psychiatry 11, no. : 1.
In this systematic review, I cumulate previous research findings indicating that sustainable urbanism and networked public governance can be instrumental in carrying out extensive sustainability and resilience objectives through steering urban transformations in the direction of sustainability and resilience. Urban analytics data infrastructure, multicriteria sustainability evaluation, and sustainable performance assessment display the intricate network dynamics operational within cities, impacting urban resilience decision-making processes and leading to equitable and sustainable urban development. Throughout July 2020, I conducted a quantitative literature review of the Web of Science, Scopus, and ProQuest databases, search terms including “sustainable urban planning,” “urban sustainability assessment,” “sustainable urban governance/urban sustainability governance,” “sustainable urban development,” “sustainable/sustainability behavior,” and “environmental performance.” As I focused on research published exclusively in the past two years, only 301 various types of articles met the eligibility criteria. By removing those whose results were inconclusive, unconfirmed by replication, or too general, and because of space constraints, I selected 153, mainly empirical, sources. Future research should investigate whether the assessment of environmental sustainability performance of heterogeneous urban configurations by shared sustainability policymaking through spatial green infrastructure planning and regulations articulate sustainable urban design and governance for the development of innovative performance.
Aurel Pera. Assessing Sustainability Behavior and Environmental Performance of Urban Systems: A Systematic Review. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7164 .
AMA StyleAurel Pera. Assessing Sustainability Behavior and Environmental Performance of Urban Systems: A Systematic Review. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):7164.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurel Pera. 2020. "Assessing Sustainability Behavior and Environmental Performance of Urban Systems: A Systematic Review." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 7164.
Is Facebook utilization beneficial or detrimental for psychological well-being? I draw on outstanding research (e.g. Chou and Edge, 2012; Lin and Utz, 2015; Appel et al., 2016; Ehrenreich and Underwood, 2016; Vogel and Rose, 2016; and Hu et al., 2017) to substantiate that examining other individuals’ positively presented material on Facebook may have detrimental consequences. Increasing comparisons on Facebook may generate feelings of envy, the latter being a significant process determining the effect of growing social comparison on psychological well-being. To date, there is an increasing body of literature investigating the psychological consequences of Facebook usage, the function of relationship closeness in producing the feelings of contentment and envy, the impacts of exposure to positive content on Facebook, the link between envy and depression on Facebook, and the function of tie strength in expecting the emotional results of browsing Facebook. I am specifically interested in how previous research explored the consequences of Facebook use on psychological outcomes, the moderating function of envy in the link between Facebook use and reduced affective wellbeing, the psychological results of non-interactive Facebook conduct, and the role of relationship closeness in anticipating user’s contentment and envy after inspecting a post. A synthesis of the extant literature suggests that inspecting other individuals’ positive news on Facebook brings about contentment through emotional contagion, whereas negative news causes discomfort as a consequence of mood contagion, the transmissible effect being more powerful when the news is associated with a strong tie. The outcomes of this research back the argument that self-confidence and dispositional envy are instrumental in producing Facebook envy. These findings highlight that the emotional results of browsing Facebook are considerably affected by the substance of the comment, the personal attributes of the Facebook user, and link between the reader and the poster. As limitations in the current review, more hypotheses need to be tested and future directions for subsequent multilevel research on the behavioral and cognitive outcomes of Facebook should illuminate why when individuals achieve belongingness demands on Facebook, they feel in a superior way about themselves and their reputation in social circles.
Aurel Pera. Psychopathological Processes Involved in Social Comparison, Depression, and Envy on Facebook. Frontiers in Psychology 2018, 9, 1 .
AMA StyleAurel Pera. Psychopathological Processes Involved in Social Comparison, Depression, and Envy on Facebook. Frontiers in Psychology. 2018; 9 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurel Pera. 2018. "Psychopathological Processes Involved in Social Comparison, Depression, and Envy on Facebook." Frontiers in Psychology 9, no. : 1.