Death anxiety and burnout in intensive care unit specialists facing the COVID-19 outbreak: The mediating role of obsession with COVID-19 and coronaphobia.

The aim of the study was to examine the role of the obsession with COVID-19 thoughts and coronaphobia in the relationship of death anxiety with burnout among staff working at infectious diseases hospitals in the front-line of the fight against COVID-19. A cross-sectional online survey ( = 110) was conducted during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results showed that obsession with COVID-19 and coronaphobia mediated the relationship of death anxiety with burnout.

Importance of Psychological Intervention in the Management of a Patient With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Stage C3 AIDS Disease.

Long-term evolution of HIV because of noncompliance and nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy favors the occurrence of difficult to treat HIV-related malignancies. We present the case of a female patient in “the pediatric cohort” registered at the Iaşi Regional HIV/AIDS Center since year 2000, now with stage C3 AIDS. In 2014, a Burkitt lymphoma was pathologically confirmed, and chemotherapy was initiated as recommended by the hematologist.

THE PATIENT-DOCTOR-PSYCHOLOGIST TRIANGLE IN A CASE Of SEVERE IMUNOSUPRESSION IN THE HIV INFECTION.

In the last two years the Romanian adult population infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased due to sexual transmission, both heterosexual and homosexual. The case presented is that of a 33 year-old man, admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Iasi with acute respiratory failure and a confirmation of Kaposi's sarcoma. Tests later proved positive for HIV, the patient being included in the stage AIDS C3 (acute immunodeficiency syndrome).