The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the attitudes towards the lifting of con nement. Methods: The data were collected using a questionnaire applied to 344 people in different regions of Algeria from April 21, 2020, for two weeks afterward, in order to determine the attitudes of the Algerian people towards the post-coronavirus COVID-19 phase. Results: The results of this study indicate that 94.2% of respondents insist on lifting the con nement to apply gradually and partially. Accordingly, there is a signi cant impact of gender and age on social attitudes towards the post-coronavirus phase. Similarly, the results highlighted the existence of a positive level of attitude towards the post-coronavirus phase COVID-19 in the need to digitize education, digitize social transactions, and develop sustainable transport and the public health sector. Results: People living in con nement indicate that it is necessary to prepare for the post-coronavirus period, in particular through the vital sectors linked to daily life.

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Xiang Y-T (2021). Posttraumatic stress symptoms and attitude toward crisis mental health services among clinically stable patients with COVID-19 in China.

Highlights A representative sample of 4,342 primary and secondary school students were investigated. The three most prevalent symptoms were: anxiety (24.9%), depression (19.7%), and stress (15.2%). Students were generally satisfied with life and 21.4% became more satisfied with life. Perceived benefit and parent-child discussion were protective factors of mental health. Parent-child discussion was related to less symptoms even in students perceived no benefit from home quarantine.

Recent epidemiological data suggests 13.3% of Hong Kong residents suffered from Common Mental Disorders, most frequently mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. This study examines the weighted prevalence and associated risk factors of depression, anxiety and stress among Hong Kong nurses. A total of 850 nurses were invited to participate in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 and multiple logistic regression was used to determine significant relationships between variables. Chronic past-year illness and poor self-perceived mental health were significant correlates of past-week depression, anxiety and stress. It confirmed further positive correlations between depression and divorce, widowhood and separation, job dissatisfaction, disturbance with colleagues, low physical activity levels and sleep problems. Marital status; general medicine; sleep problems, and a lack of leisure significantly correlated with anxiety. Stress was significantly associated with younger age, clinical inexperience, past-year disturbance with colleagues, low physical activity, no leisure and drinking alcohol. Nurses were more depressed, anxious and stressed than the local general population, with over one-third of our respondents classified as subject to these disorders.

Recently, more than 300 Chinese patients with psychiatric disorders were diagnosed with the 2019 novel coronavirus disease . Possible reasons quoted in the report were the lack of caution regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in January and insufficient supplies of protective gear. We outlined major challenges for patients with psychiatric disorders and mental health professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak, and also discussed how to manage these challenges through further mental health service reform in China.

Highlights ED nurses exposed to COVID-19 could be psychologically and mentally exhausted. Prevalence of depression among 1,103 ED nurses was 43.61% (95% CI=40.68%–46.54%). A heightened awareness of and timely treatment for depression for frontline ED nurses should be provided.