Long-Term Post-COVID-19 Health and Psychosocial Effects and Coping Resources Among Survivors of Severe and Critical COVID-19 in Central and Eastern Europe: Protocol for an International Qualitative Study.

Background: There is a strong need to determine pandemic and postpandemic challenges and effects at the individual, family, community, and societal levels. Post-COVID-19 health and psychosocial effects have long-lasting impacts on the physical and mental health and quality of life of a large proportion of survivors, especially survivors of severe and critical COVID-19, extending beyond the end of the pandemic. While research has mostly focused on the negative short- and long-term effects of COVID-19, few studies have examined the positive effects of the pandemic, such as posttraumatic growth.

mSexHealth: An Overview of Mobile Sexual Health Applications.

The aim of this study was to examine the existing mobile applications focused on sexual health and analyze the included content and therapeutic techniques. Three databases with mobile applications were searched and 47 applications met the criteria. More applications have been developed for men, most of them included content for erectile dysfunction, and only one for vaginismus.

Mental Health of Psychiatrists and Physicians of Other Specialties in Early COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk ind Protective Factors.

Background: Many research has indicated that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers are under greatly increased pressure and at increased risk for the development of mental health problems. Furthermore, previous research has indicated that psychiatrists are exposed to a number of unique stressors that may increase their risk for poor mental health. The aims of the present study were to assess the level of COVID-19 related concerns, psychological distress and life satisfaction among psychiatrists and other physicians during the first period of the pandemic and to examine whether individual differences in COVID-19 concerns, psychological flexibility, psychological resilience and coping behaviors account for differences in mental health indicators.

Cyberchondria in the age of COVID-19.

The global epidemic of (mis)information, spreading rapidly via social media platforms and other outlets, can be a risk factor for the development of anxiety disorders among vulnerable individuals. Cyberchondria can be a vulnerability factor for developing anxiety in a pandemic situation, particularly when the Internet is flooded with (mis)information. The aim of our study was to examine how cyberchondria is related to changes in levels of COVID-19 concern and safety behaviours among persons living in Croatia during the period in which the first COVID-19 case was identified and when the country recorded its first fatality.

COVID-19: Concerns and behaviours in Croatia.

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertainty that has heightened fear and worry worldwide, thus elevating the potential for a growth in anxiety. This study aims to examine changes in levels of COVID-19 concern and safety behaviours among persons living in Croatia during the period in which the first COVID-19 case was identified and when the country recorded its first fatality. These changes were examined with respect to gender and family circumstances.

Predictors of pharmacophobia.

Recent studies estimate that between 30% to 50% of the population does not adhere to their prescribed therapies, and one of the reasons is pharmacophobia. Pharmacophobia is a fear of medication and a negative attitude toward drugs in general. The aim of this study was to determine predictors of pharmacophobia.

Evolutionary medicine perspective on coping style and health outcomes: an exploratory study.

One of the issues within the framework of Darwinian medicine is why individuals develop the specific disease they do. Ethologists have long known that within any given population, there are organisms with the tendency towards higher () or lower () aggressiveness, and since the physiological responses to stressful events are different in and it has been suggested that these strategies might be related to health outcomes. The aims of this exploratory study were to determine whether an analogues of and as basic coping strategies could be defined among chronically ill patients and healthy controls and whether the proportion of and differs among different groups of patients.

How Perfectionism and Eating Disorder Symptoms Contribute to Searching Weight-Loss Information on the Internet?

Eating disorder (ED) symptoms are a growing problem and modern technologies introduced a new and unexplored potential risk factor for vulnerable individuals. It is fairly common for women to use the Internet in order to find information about various weight-loss methods, but it was further questioned whether perfectionism and eating disorder symptomatology could be linked to this behavior. : Participants were 228 women (Mean age = 30.

Psychosocial adjustment to sex reassignment surgery: a qualitative examination and personal experiences of six transsexual persons in croatia.

In Croatia, transgender individuals face numerous social and medical obstacles throughout the process of transition. The aim of this study was to depict the factors contributing to the psychosocial adjustment of six transsexual individuals living in Croatia following sex reassignment surgery (SRS). A combination of quantitative and qualitative self-report methods was used.

Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index in a sample of Croatian adults.

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to a person's tendency to fear anxiety-related symptoms due to the belief that these symptoms may have harmful consequences. The most widely used operationalization of AS in adults is the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI). The factor structure, gender stability, and psychometric properties of the ASI in a sample of Croatian adults (N = 984) were evaluated.