Psychological state and predictors of psychiatric morbidity in COVID-19 patients six weeks after discharge.

To be able to detect possible psychological distress and long-term deterioration caused by COVID-19, following the patient, who has recovered, is crucial. Therefore, this study (i); aims to examine the ongoing fear-loss of control, the rate of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder levels following the 6th week after discharge; (ii) to examine the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on anxiety, and depression and (iii) within the same context to reveal the developmental markers of psychiatric morbidity and the risk group. The study includes 180 patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 diagnosis. Sociodemographic Data Form, the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale and the Impact of Event Scale-Revised were used in the current study. High rates of symptoms of anxiety, depression, and PTSD were reported by the inpatients, as more than one-third scored above the anxiety and depression cut-off scores of borderline abnormal and abnormal. Also, 37.22 % of the participants reported the likely presence of PTSD symptoms. Anxiety and depression were significantly positively related to the symptoms of PTSD. The results suggest that there is psychiatric morbidity in anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder and that especially posttraumatic stress poses a risk for other psychopathologies.

The Effectiveness of Family Psychological Training Program Applied to Relatives of Patients with Schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study is to improve the family relations of the patients who suffer for schizophrenia, to ensure the participation of the family in the treatment, to improve treatment compliance and to reduce relapse. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total of 80 caregivers of the patients, consisting of 40 people as a study group and 40 as a control group, the training was given in two sessions of forty five minutes twice a week, 24 sessions completed in approximately three months. It was applied in both groups at the beginning and end of the training the scales that are the test batteries. RESULTS: While there was no difference between the two groups according to the pre-test scores obtained before the family psychological training program, according to the post-test scores, there was a significant difference between two groups in terms of symptoms of depression and anxiety, solutionoriented coping, emotion-oriented coping, dangerous perception of the disease and emotion expression. CONCLUSION: The training programme thought that the family psychological training support to be given to the relatives of patients with schizophrenia will both contribute positively to the treatment and play an effective role in the adaptation of the caregivers' to the disease.

[The Relationship Between Subjective Memory Complaints and Objective Memory Performance, Depression and Anxiety Levels in Patients Under 55 Years of Age]. / 55 Yas Alti Unutkanlik Sikayeti ile Basvuran Hastalarda Öznel Bellek Yakinmalari ile Nesnel Bellek Performansi, Depresyon ve Anksiyete Düzeyleri Arasindaki Iliskinin Belirlenmesi.

OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric differential diagnosis is often ignored in young patients with memory complaints, even if no neurological or physical illnesses were evident. In this study, we aimed to determine the relationship between subjective memory complaints and objective memory impairment, depression and anxiety levels in young patients with memory complaints.  METHOD: The study was carried out with 56 patients under the age of 55 who applied to the psychiatry, neurology and internal medicine outpatient clinics with memory complaints and 55 healthy volunteers. All participants completed the Subjective Memory Complaints Questionnaire (SMCQ), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), the Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT), the Benton Visual Memory Test (BVMT), the Digit Span Test (DST), the Verbal Fluency Test (VFT), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI).  RESULTS: Significant differences were observed in the scores of SMCQ, MoCA, AVLT, BVMT, DST, VFT, BDI and BAI in individuals with memory complaints compared to the controls, which could not be ascribed to any neurological or physical disease. Depression and anxiety levels were significantly higher than those of the control group.  CONCLUSION: Differential diagnosis of memory complaints has to be made in young patients. Subjective memory complaints may be indicative of depression and anxiety disorders. It is necessary to evaluate the cognitive impairment that may develop over time in young patients with subjective memory disturbances via longitudinal studies.