The Covid-19 pandemic confronts us with the vulnerability of our health, but no less important is psychological well-being. In this contribution I explore possible strength(s) – persons and religion(s). First, introduce work theologian Caroline Gustavsson who distinguishes between: “experienced vulnerability,” “narrated vulnerability” “induced vulnerability.” As examples il­lustrations these co...

OBJECTIVES Gender differences in perceived vulnerability to late effects and views about follow-up among cancer survivors have received little attention. As lymphoma affects both genders similarly, we compared the consequences of cancer (late effects, perceived vulnerability and quality of life (health-related quality of life (HRQoL)), and satisfaction with clinic visits between genders. METH...

INTRODUCTION There is considerable variability in the response of individuals to adverse environmental conditions, while some develop psychiatric illnesses like depression, others seem very capable of dealing with it. It is in this observation that the concepts of vulnerability and resilience are rooted. METHODS We conducted a review of the literature by inserting in PubMed the keywords resil...

The perseverative cognition hypothesis (PCH) posits that perseveration, defined as the repetitive or sustained activation of cognitive representations of a real or imagined stressor, is a primary mechanism linking psychological (or stress) vulnerability with poor health and disease. Resting vagally mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV) is an important indicator of self-regulatory abilities, s...

AIM To explore the role of stress vulnerability, dispositional optimism, fears of surgery and negative affective disposition in prediction of postsurgical stress among cardiac patients who underwent heart surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS The sample included 60 cardiac patients (39 males and 21 females, aged 58.50 +/- 10.97 years). All patients completed two sets of standardized questionnaires. B...

Background and Aim: Personnel of the sheriff's departments as human resources, due to the inherent characteristics of the military profession, are faced with numerous occupational problems and as a result are exposed to greater psychological vulnerability than those of other occupations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological characteristics of depre...

BACKGROUND Studies of psychological stress among substance misuse professionals rarely describe the nature of burnout and psychological morbidity. The main aim of this study was to determine the extent, pattern and predictors of psychological morbidity and burnout among substance misuse professionals. METHODS This study was a cross-sectional mail survey of 194 clinical staff of substance misu...

Three hundred and five Nigerian elderly from the Yoruba tribe of both rural and urban areas in the south Western zone of Nigeria were studied. The objective was to assess their nutritional status and identify indicators of nutritional vulnerability. Using a structured household questionnaire, anthropometric measurement and checklist of nutritional vulnerability, nutritional status was assessed ...

Even before the current pandemic, university students were known to have high levels of hassles, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. In all probability, advent COVID-19 has substantially raised these levels. The present study measured emotional state during lockdown identified relevant situational psychological factors. To this end, 1,297 French assessed lockdown, which lasted from 16 March 11 Ma...