Anxiety, Depression and Attention Control in Health Care Professionals
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 3, June 2023
Pages:
23-28
Received:
4 August 2023
Accepted:
21 August 2023
Published:
31 August 2023
Abstract: Introduction: Attention control is crucial for healthcare professionals. Anxiety and depression have the potential to interrupt attention resulting in medical errors. The literature lacks studies about the attention control of healthcare professionals. Our study aims to determine whether attention differs among healthcare professionals and to reveal its relation to common psychiatric disorders. Materials and Methods: 170 healthcare professionals were enrolled in the study. Online surveys containing informed consent, the Attention Control Scale (ATTC), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADs), and the demographic data form were delivered to the participants by e-mail. Responses were collected online. Results: The HADs scores revealed almost 48% anxiety and 60% depression in healthcare professionals. The highest anxious and depressive group was the doctors’ group. This finding may be linked to the higher responsibility of doctors on the patients. Correlation analysis showed negative correlations between psychiatric disorders and attention regardless of the subgroups of the healthcare professionals. A multivariate regression analysis revealed a significant impact of anxiety on attentional scores, rather than depression. Conclusion: Anxiety and depression may interfere with attention control which may result in medical errors. So, these disorders in health care professionals need periodical screening to prevent attention deficits and consequent malpractice and health care quality disruption. At this point, the attention control scale is a beneficial and practical test for the assessment of the attentional status of healthcare professionals.
Abstract: Introduction: Attention control is crucial for healthcare professionals. Anxiety and depression have the potential to interrupt attention resulting in medical errors. The literature lacks studies about the attention control of healthcare professionals. Our study aims to determine whether attention differs among healthcare professionals and to revea...
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Analysing the Film Si Puo Fare and Its Contributions to Psychology
Anna Karolyne Resende Vilar Araujo
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 3, June 2023
Pages:
29-32
Received:
16 March 2023
Accepted:
6 April 2023
Published:
9 October 2023
Abstract: This article portrays the story of the French film Si Puo Fare directed by Giulio Manfredonia, which refers to the history of cooperatives that emerged in Italy, tells the story of Nello, a trade unionist who, after being fired, starts working as a director in a cooperative formed by patients from extinct mental hospitals. after the anti-manicomial fight movement initiated by Franco Basaglia and the closing of the psychiatric hospitals and how psychology is related to the history of the cooperatives that emerged in Italy, after the anti-asylum movement initiated by Franco Basaglia and the closing of the psychiatric hospitals. In the course of the film, the development and improvement of the clinical picture of each character is followed, contrasting the idea that they are mentally ill, thus generating an analysis of Basaglia's law. The extinct insane asylums were abolished due to Law 180, known as Basaglia's law, passed in the 70's, which proposed a reform in the health system and psychiatric treatment of individuals, making it more humanized. The Basaglia Law, instituted in the 70s, in Italy, together with the instituting movement of the Cooperative, having as equipment the work they carry out, propose an analysis of implication. The film proves important to reflect the importance of major economic and social reforms and the importance of family and friends around the mentally ill.
Abstract: This article portrays the story of the French film Si Puo Fare directed by Giulio Manfredonia, which refers to the history of cooperatives that emerged in Italy, tells the story of Nello, a trade unionist who, after being fired, starts working as a director in a cooperative formed by patients from extinct mental hospitals. after the anti-manicomial...
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