Objective: Epidemic diseases have caused significant mental responses throughout the society and especially healthcare professionals, as well as those who have been infected. Healthcare professionals have a big role in the fight against the new coronavirus infection . When the literature is reviewed in terms of risky professions, as the cases increase, the psychological influence has increased significantly among the healthcare professionals dealing with the care of patients as an occupational group. The aim of this study is to research the effect of pandemic on anxiety, anger, sleep and emotion regulation in healthcare professionals. Material and Method:The study included 261 doctors and 145 nurses. Data were collected by the Sociodemographic Data Form, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAEI), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Results: State anxiety levels 50.5%, anger levels 34.8%, insomnia severity levels 35.4% and 36.1% of emotion regulation difficulty levels were detected of healthcare professions. It was determined that the state anxiety level increases the levels of trait anger and insomnia severity, the level of emotion regulation difficulty increases the levels of trait anger and the level of insomnia severity increases the level of trait anger of healthcare professions significantly. Conclusion:We consider that the study will be guiding in terms of the degree of mental response of the healthcare professionals and the psychological and social support to be given to this group after the pandemic.

Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 , which was first identified in Wuhan, China's Hubei province in December 2019, and affected the whole world, although it may seem that it affects the elderly and its comorbid population more seriously, as the data on the disease increased, it was observed that the disease significantly affected young and non-comorbid people as well. The aim of this study is to examine the health anxiety, death anxiety and physical symptoms caused by the pandemic in university students who are interrupted with formal education and started to spend most of their days at their homes.Material and Method: 789 students consisting of two year degree and undergraduate university students who have formal education in İstanbul province were included in the research. In the research, a data collection tool consisting of four parts, namely Sociodemographic Data Form, Health Anxiety Scale (HAS), Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) and DSM-5 Level 2 Somatic Symptoms Scale (SSS) were used.Results: It was determined that as students' health anxiety levels were 31.9%, death anxiety levels were 48.3%, and physical symptom severity levels were 32.6%. The fact that the person has a COVID-19 contact history and hospital application or hospitalization in near of kin and the test is positive, makes a significant impact in effect of health anxiety on death anxiety and physical symptom severity and the effect of death anxiety on bodily symptom severity. Conclusion:When the psychiatric results of the pandemic were evaluated, it was found that the students had below the average health anxiety and physical symptom severity and moderate death anxiety. Therefore, this result shows that the young population also has serious mental uneasiness.

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