Spread of awareness of COVID-19 between December 2019 and March 2020 in France.

During the early phase of outbreaks, awareness of the presence of the disease plays an important role in transmission dynamics. To investigate the processes of how people become aware of a disease, we conducted two complementary investigations. First, we surveyed 868 academic researchers in France, on the time and circumstances when they became aware of COVID-19 as an important event.

[Pathology seen in French "Hikikomori"].

Young people who meet the definition of "Hikikomori" have come to be seen in France since around 2008. However, simply "fitting the definition" does not necessarily mean that they are the same as "Hikikomori" in Japan. Rather, it is important to ask what kind of young people "fit the definition of Hikikomori in France" and what kind of pathology they have.

Analysis of the relationship between neonaticide and denial of pregnancy using data from judicial files.

Objectives: Using judicial files on neonaticides, (1) to examine the frequency of the association between neonaticide and denial of pregnancy; (2) to assess the accuracy of the concept of denial of pregnancy; (3) to examine its usefulness in programs to prevent neonaticides.

Methods: Quantitative and qualitative analyses of data collected from judicial files during a population-based study carried out in 26 courts in 3 regions of France over a 5-year period.

Results: There were 32 cases of neonaticides identified; 24, perpetrated by 22 mothers, were solved by police investigation.

[Pregnancy and poly-drug use: changes in patient population and care, 1999-2008].

Changes in drug use in the general French population over the last decade have also been observed among pregnant women. There have also been significant changes in the treatment of substance users. Data relating to maternal drug use and the treatment of drug-using mothers were collected based on a retrospective cohort of 170 newborns with mothers using at least two different substances.