Case Series: Managing Severe Mental Illness in Disaster Situation: the Croatian Experience After 2020 Earthquake.

On the 29th of December 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Petrinja in the Croatian Sisak-Moslavina County experienced a strong earthquake, resulting in a severe disruption in mental health service delivery. Specialized care community mental health teams were introduced days within the event with the aim to bridge the gap in psychiatric care that was severely disturbed in the region affected by the earthquake. Through a case series of patients with SMI, we describe how care was quickly deployed and delivered after a natural disaster and during a pandemic resulting in their functional recovery.

Overwintered Are the Main Source for Infestations of the First Fruit Crops of the Season.

The mechanisms allowing the widespread invasive pest to survive from early spring until the availability of the first fruit crops are still unclear. Seasonal biology and population dynamics of were investigated in order to better understand the contribution of the early spring hosts to the infestation of the first fruit crops of the season. We identified hosts available to in early spring and assessed their suitability for the pest oviposition and reproductive success under field and laboratory conditions.