Psychological care over patients with lymphoma and lymphoma survivors.

Lymphomas are characterized by a relatively favorable prognosis and a good five-year survival rate, but they are associated with increased psychosocial distress. There is insufficient evidence on the efficacy of psychological interventions for lymphoma patients. This review aimed to present the research findings on currently used psychological interventions for (non-) Hodgkin lymphoma patients and survivors.

Psychological Implications to the Therapy of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic and multi-systemic autoimmune disease, which has a deleterious impact on patients' psychological well-being. This paper aims to review the existing literature on empirical research on psychological outcomes of SLE and psychological interventions to improve well-being in SLE patients. A search of significant English language articles was conducted in PubMed, Medline, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and ResearchGate databases.

Application of Eye-tracking in research on the theory of mind in ASD.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a broad diagnostic category describing a group of neurodevelopmental disorders which includes the autistic disorder. Failure to develop normal social relationships is a hallmark of autism. An inability to understand and cope with the social environment can occur regardless of IQ.

What causes distress in males undergoing infertility work-up?

Objective: This panel study aimed to identify predictors of the risk for depression in involuntarily childless males undergoing fertility work-up.

Materials And Methods: A sample of 255 married males aged 22-51 years seeking their first fertility work-up completed the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) at four time-points. They were tested at the baseline, before their initial fertility evaluation (T1), before their second andrological appointment, two-three months after the diagnostic disclosure (T2), and before subsequent treatment/follow-up appointments (T3 and T4).

Relationship between stress and alexithymia, emotional processing and negative/positive affect in medical staff working amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The psychological burden of the COVID-19 pandemic may have a lasting effect on emotional well-being of healthcare workers. Medical personnel working at the time of the pandemic may experience elevated occupational stress due to the uncontrollability of the virus, high perceived risk of infection, poor understanding of the novel virus transmission routes and unavailability of effective antiviral agents. This study used path analysis to analyze the relationship between stress and alexithymia, emotional processing and negative/positive affect in healthcare workers.