Patients with confirmed or suspected 2019-nCoV may experience fear of the consequences of infection with a potentially fatal new virus, and those in quarantine might experience boredom, loneliness, and anger. Furthermore, symptoms of the infection, such as fever, hypoxia, and cough, as well as adverse effects of treatment, such as insomnia caused by corticosteroids, could lead to worsening anxiety and mental distress. 2019-nCoV has been repeatedly described as a killer virus, for example on WeChat, which has perpetuated the sense of danger and uncertainty among health workers and the public. In the early phase of the SARS outbreak, a range of psychiatric morbidities, including persistent depression, anxiety, panic attacks, psychomotor excitement, psychotic symptoms, delirium, and even suicidality, were reported.6

Most reviewed studies reported negative psychological effects including post-traumatic stress symptoms, confusion, and anger. Stressors included longer quarantine duration, infection fears, frustration, boredom, inadequate supplies, inadequate information, financial loss, and stigma. Some researchers have suggested long-lasting effects. In situations where quarantine is deemed necessary, officials should quarantine individuals for no longer than required, provide clear rationale for quarantine and information about protocols, and ensure sufficient supplies are provided. Appeals to altruism by reminding the public about the benefits of quarantine to wider society can be favourable.

Paper by China CDC published on 2020-02-11

Many people want a game without fail states, where there is no game-over screen or mocking voice to taunt their shortcomings. In a world fraught with stress and responsibility, blasting alien scum in the face might blow off steam—but farming your first strawberries is where true relaxation is born.

Place notes on map to create a memory palace

Fraidycat is a desktop app or browser extension for Firefox or Chrome. I use it to follow people (hundreds) on whatever platform they choose - Twitter, a blog, YouTube, even on a public TiddlyWiki.

This briefing note summarises key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

books, resources and tips for anyone who wants to learn mathematics

A new book by Greta Thunberg’s mother reveals the reality of family life during her daughter’s transformation from bullied teenager to climate icon

Welcome to Aesthetics Wiki, a place to catalog and describe different visual cultures and musical microgenres of the internet and how you can make your own art to fit in with these cultures or even buy fashion to show solidarity

Godot is a free and open-source game engine that allows you to create 2D and 3D games.

Get things from one computer to another, safely.

Core mental health books

Solismed is a clinic management system designed for use by independent practices and free clinics. Many time-saving tools are provided to boost your productivity.

Cooking oil collection point in Maadi @ ACE club

Reporting guidelines for main study types

"This guide will help you create links between your academic publications and the underlying datasets, so that anyone viewing the publication will be able to locate the dataset and vice versa. It provides a working knowledge of the issues and challenges involved, and of how current approaches seek to address them. This guide should interest researchers and principal investigators working on data-led research, as well as the data repositories with which they work."

I am the programming equivalent of a home cook.

This book examines how video game mechanics and narratives can teach players skills associated with increased psychological well-being.

The following table provides a listing of people on Twitter who write about, talk about, or study the overlap between video games and academic fields like psychology, communications, economics, sociology, etc.

Take This works to decrease the stigma, and increase the support for, mental health in the game enthusiast community and inside the game industry.

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

A Global Database of Society

A growing, world-wide, collection of recipes, translated into, or written in, English with links to other languages.

أثار قانون 2009 جدالاً منذ بداية الحديث عنه في عام 2008 بسبب انقسام العاملين في مجال الطب النفسي لتيارين. التيار الأول شارك في صياغة القانون وأيده، ويرفض أي تعديلات تنتقص من حقوق المرضى أو تعمل على تغيير المصطلحات واقتطاع المزيد من الميزانية المحددة لقطاع المرض النفسي. الثاني يرفض القانون ويسعى منذ سنوات ومن خلال قنوات مختلفة لإقرار تعديلات تسلب المريض النفسي حرية تقرير مصيره وتزيد من سلطة الطبيب النفسي وسطوته.