"It's All COVID's Fault!": Symptoms of Distress among Workers in an Italian General Hospital during the Pandemic.

Background: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HCWs) have been faced with specific stressors endangering their physical and mental health and their functioning. This study aimed to assess the short-term psychological health of a sample of Italian HCWs and the related influencing factors. In particular, the study focused on the differences related to HCWs' gender and to having been directly in charge of COVID-19 patients or not.

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychiatric Emergencies in Two Different Settings: Emergency Room and Community Mental Health Service.

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic caused a public health emergency with profound consequences on physical and mental health of individuals. Emergency Rooms (ER) and Community Mental Health Services (CMHS) played a key role in the management of psychiatric emergencies during the pandemic. The purpose of the study was to evaluate urgent psychiatric consultations (UPCs) in the ERs of the General Hospitals and in the CMHS of a Northern Italian town during the pandemic period.

Delirium in COVID-19 and post-liver transplant patients: an observational study.

Objective: Delirium is a major complication in hospitalised patients. This study aimed to compare the mortality trends of patients with delirium according to the underlying physical condition.

Methods: Hospitalised patients diagnosed with delirium by the Modena Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service (Italy) during 2020 were enrolled.

"Shedding Light on Light": A Review on the Effects on Mental Health of Exposure to Optical Radiation.

In relation to human health and functioning, light, or more specifically optical radiation, plays many roles, beyond allowing vision. These may be summarized as: regulation of circadian rhythms; consequences of direct exposure to the skin; and more indirect effects on well-being and functioning, also related to lifestyle and contact with natural and urban environments. Impact on mental health is relevant for any of these specifications and supports a clinical use of this knowledge for the treatment of psychiatric conditions, such as depression or anxiety, somatic symptom disorder, and others, with reference to light therapy in particular.

Clinical and radiographic outcomes of an accelerometer-based system for the tibial resection in total knee arthroplasty.

Purpose: The accelerometer-based system is a portable surgical navigation system for TKA that does not require the use of a large computer console for registration and alignment feedback as required in computer-assisted surgery (CAS). The purpose of this prospective study was to determine the accuracy of the accelerometer-based system in the tibial component positioning and also to evaluate clinical outcomes.

Methods: Between December 2011 and July 2012, a total of 53 consecutive patients with primary gonarthrosis were prospectively enrolled for unilateral TKA using a handheld surgical navigation system to perform the tibial resection.