Factors affecting anxiety and depression during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of three different populations.

Background: This paper was the first study comparing levels of anxiety and depression and assessing the affecting factors among the general population, frontline healthcare workers, and COVID-19 inpatients in Turkey during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected data from the general population ( = 162), frontline healthcare workers ( = 131), and COVID-19 inpatients ( = 86) using Individual Characteristics Form, Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory in this cross-sectional study.

Results: An increased prevalence of depression and anxiety were found predominantly in frontline healthcare workers ( < 0.

Professional quality of life and psychological resilience among psychiatric nurses.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between professional quality of life and psychological resilience in psychiatric nurses in Turkey.

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 100 psychiatric nurses in Turkey. Data were collected using the Professional Quality of Life Scale and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale.

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on people with severe mental illness.

Purpose: The purpose of this review was to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with severe mental illness.

Conclusion: Given the psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic process and the vulnerability of individuals with mental illness, it is clear that some preventive measures will increase the well-being of these individuals and reduce relapses. Careful planning and execution of preventive measures to be taken at the individual, institutional, and social level are essential to minimize the negative consequences of this pandemic for this vulnerable population.

Experiences of Minority Stress and Intimate Partner Violence Among Homosexual Women in Turkey.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been recognized as an important public health problem over the past two decades, and increased attention to violence in intimate relationships has been given to heterosexual couples. Although the vast majority of literature has determined the rate of IPV among lesbian, gay, bisexual couples, and relationship quality, few studies investigated how stress specific to living as a lesbian or bisexual woman might correlate with IPV in these relationships. For this reason, the purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the experiences of minority stress and IPV among homosexual women ( = 149) in Turkey.