SITUATIONAL AND PERSONAL PREDICTORS OF MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS DURING COVID-19: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NURSES AND PHYSICIANS.

Caregivers have been exposed to important stresses during the COVID-19 pandemic leading to important mental health issues. Previous researches showed that nurses were particularly emotionally affected compared to physicians. To study the differences in psychological symptoms between nurses and physicians during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as three months later and to compare the predictors of these symptoms between both professions.

Split Hospitalizations: a Model for Mood Disorders.

Depression is a major burden for society. While most mood disorders are treated on an outpatient basis, specific indications warrant hospitalization. Besides progresses in pharmacology, psychotherapy, or interventional procedures, we suggest that the hospital setting could also be used as a tool to address specific aspects of the mood disorder problem.

Shape of Thyroid Cartilage Influences Outcome of Montgomery Medialization Thyroplasty: A Gender Issue.

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether the shape of the thyroid cartilage and gender influence voice outcomes after a Montgomery thyroplasty implant system (MTIS).

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed on 20 consecutive patients who underwent MTIS. Voice outcome variables were the relative decrease in Voice Handicap Index (%) and the absolute increase in maximum phonation time (MPT) (in seconds).