Self-reported mental health symptoms, quality of life and coping strategies in French health sciences students during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: An online survey.

Introduction: Health sciences students usually report high rates of mental health problems. The COVID-19 pandemic context may have serious psychological impacts in this at-risk population. We aimed to assess the self-reported mental health status, health-related quality of life and coping strategies of health sciences students during the early stage of the pandemic.

[Integrated treatment of hepatitis C among people with concurrent mental health and substance abuse disorders: promoting change in an urban area].

In this article, the authors discuss the extent of HCV infections and the obstacles people with concurrent mental health and substance disorders face in terms of access to care in urban areas. The authors remind that HCV is associated with a reduced quality of life and an increased risk of cirrhosis, but that new treatments developed over the last decade can lead to the eradication of the virus and to the prevention of complications. The authors also describe the steps leading to the establishment of an HCV treatment program at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM).