The Librarian

Sexually transmitted diseases soar after Covid-19 controls lifted

Ireland recorded an alarming 100pc-plus increase in the number of notified cases of HIV over the past year with doctors fearing an explosion in sexually transmitted diseases as people rush to re-embrace social lives after the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. The latest Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) report starkly revealed that case numbers of all five major STDs increased over the past 12 months – with all five now being notified at higher levels last year than at 2018, two years before the pandemic struck.

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Psychometric property study of the Affective Lability Scale-short form in Chinese patients with mood disorders

… A total of 344 patients with mood disorders were included in our study. Participants were measured through a set of questionnaires including the Chinese version of ALS-SF, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7), and NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). … Results of factor analysis indicated that the model of ALS-SF was consistent

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Moderating effects of humanistic care and socioeconomic status on the relationship among pain intensity, psychological factors, and psychological function in adults with cancer pain from a province of China: A cross-sectional study

… Our sample comprised 123 adult inpatients with cancer pain. Demographic variables were obtained from the Hospital Information System of The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University. Pain intensity, psychological factors, and psychological functions were evaluated with four scales, and humanistic care was practiced with a part of the patients by clinical pharmacists. First, univariate

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Walking through the valley of the shadow of death—The psychotherapy of the head and neck cancer patient expressing suicidal ideations and impulses

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.

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