Regaining balance during ‘reality vertigo’: six insights gleaned from the front-line to manage pandemic-related anxiety

Regaining balance after "reality vertigo:" teaching learners to attend to the psychological aspects of patients with chronic, nonmalignant pain.

(Fam Med 2006;38(2):86-9.) Editor’s Note: Caring for patients with chronic pain can be difficult for learners and even the most experienced physicians. In this month’s column, Heidi Pomm, PhD, of the St Vincent’s Medical Center Family Medicine Residency in Jacksonville, Fla, explains important diagnostic and management issues that the office-based teacher should discuss with learners caring for...

Pseudokinases: functional insights gleaned from structure.

Death Anxiety and Related Factors in Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A systematic Review

Background and Objectives: High workload, insufficient resources, and many stressors in the workplace have led to the imposition of physical and psychological pressures on nurses, which exposes them to death anxiety (DA). This systematic review aimed to assess the DA and factors associated with its in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: An extensive search was conducted...

P35: How to Manage Anxiety

Anxiety is a mental state that is elicited in anticipation of threat or potential threat. Sensations of anxiety are a normal part of human experience, but excessive or inappropriate anxiety can become an illness. Anxiety is part of the normal human experience. We may speculate that it served human survival during evolution by enhancing preparedness and alertness. However, anxious manifestations...

Covid-19 Serological Tests: A Journey from Denial of Reality to Conclusive Insights

In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, several tests are needed for diagnosis of acute illness, contact tracking, diagnosis of asymptomatic infections, and assessment of herd immunity. While PCR is the standard test in acute type, serological tests have been developed and used to meet diagnostic needs due to the widespread prevalence of the disease. Unlike the...