Handling uncertainty and ambiguity in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Durodié, Bill

doi:10.1037/tra0000713

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“…During the confinement, the number of requests increased ten times (2,784 requests) and resulted in 7,561 (314%) consultation items. These increases are in agreement with the predictions and later confirmation of an overload of psychological burden and support demands recorded in the first wave of the pandemic ( 28 , 29 ), referred to as being also increased (not yet quantified) in the second and current third wave of this pandemic. From a gender perspective, the ratio of requests between women and men was similar in both quarters.…”

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“…However, critical analysis by experts pointed out the resistance and resilience capacity of the general population being underestimated. They recommended careful administration of the limited resources to be able to respond to the needs of individuals already receiving psychological/psychiatric support and those identified as vulnerable or at risk “( 28 ). In the present work, statistical analysis confirmed M+ diagnosis as a critical factor, with increases in most of the domains and items observed in M+ patients being significantly higher than those recorded in M- patients.…”

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Confinement and the Hatred of Sound in Times of COVID-19: A Molotov Cocktail for People With Misophonia

Ferrer-Torres

2021

Front. Psychiatry

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Forced strict confinement to hamper the COVID-19 pandemic seriously affected people suffering from misophonia (M+) and those living with them. Misophonia is a complex neurophysiological and behavioral disorder of multifactorial origin, characterized by an intense physiological and emotional response produced by intolerance to auditory stimuli of the same pattern, regardless of physical properties. The present work studied the secondary impact that strict confinement caused in 342 adults (224 women: 118 men) regularly attending a medical psychological center in Barcelona. Misophonia, usually underdiagnosed, showed a prevalence of 35%, the same for women (37%) than men (31%). A retrospective analysis using a physical-psychological-social inventory of 10 variables evaluated the number of individuals that during confinement and self-confinement (March 11 - June 29, 2020) canceled (mostly M-) and/or requested a therapeutic intervention, the reasons for their request, and the strategies they used to self-manage the situation. Ten main variables indicated that the confinement exponentially increased the effects of misophonia compared with results from the same individuals during the last quarter of 2019. Most people diagnosed with misophonia continued with tele-assistance during the confinement because of this impact's self-concern. Besides the impacts as part of the general population, M+ also developed different symptoms causing significant personal, social, and job/occupational imbalance, as compared to M-. Health, fears, conflicts with neighbors, study-related difficulties were outstanding reasons for consultations. The LSB-50 test for ‘Psychological and Psychosomatic Symptoms’ applied to M+ revealed the increase of 8 of 9 items of this psychopathological test. Sleep disorders (coronasomnia), hostility, depression, and somatization were more severe than in previous assessments. Women presented the worst psychological and psychosomatic states (eight out of nine, as compared to one out of nine in males). The study unveiled the complex physical-psychological-social burden, the need for dissemination and a gender perspective to understand the secondary impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the population with misophonia. The results also show that in this new COVID era people suffering from misophonia need to develop coping strategies addressing modifiable risk and protective factors. They deserve familial/social comprehension, stronger clinical support and a gender medicine perspective.

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Confinement and the Hatred of Sound in Times of COVID-19: A Molotov Cocktail for People With Misophonia

Ferrer-Torres

2021

Front. Psychiatry

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“…Extending beyond the context of negativity bias and affective disorders, valence bias can also powerfully impact our decision-making across many domains. Indeed, decision-making under uncertainty is ubiquitous in daily life (e.g., financial, medical, and social decision-making; see [25][26][27] for respective reviews) and is particularly salient in the current worldwide pandemic (e.g., 28,29 ). Thus, our responses to uncertainty can have dramatic and widespread consequences.…”

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Social connectedness and negative affect uniquely explain individual differences in response to emotional ambiguity

Neta

Brock

2021

Sci Rep

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Negativity bias is not only central to mood and anxiety disorders, but can powerfully impact our decision-making across domains (e.g., financial, medical, social). This project builds on previous work examining negativity bias using dual-valence ambiguity. Specifically, although some facial expressions have a relatively clear negative (angry) or positive valence (happy), surprised expressions are interpreted negatively by some and positively by others, providing insight into one’s valence bias. Here, we examine putative sources of variability that distinguish individuals with a more negative versus positive valence bias using structural equation modeling. Our model reveals that one’s propensity toward negativity (operationalized as temperamental negative affect and internalizing symptomology) predicts valence bias particularly in older adulthood when a more positive bias is generally expected. Further, variability in social connectedness (a propensity to seek out social connections, use those connections to regulate one’s own emotions, and be empathic) emerges as a notable and unique predictor of valence bias, likely because these traits help to override an initial, default negativity. We argue that this task represents an important approach to examining variability in affective bias, and can be specifically useful across the lifespan and in populations with internalizing disorders or even subclinical symptomology.

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“…Because of this, we can see also a certain feeling of pride circulating in the social work community: pride in having rapidly adjusted and in having managed, throughout the emergency, to find ways to connect and promote relationships in education, research and practice (Zanni, 2020). The fact that there were immediate reactions by social workers organizations can be also considered a sign of how the professional community was somehow active and alive even before the emergency (Durodié, 2020). The chair of the National Council of Social Workers has just issued a public message, highlighting paying tribute to practitioners for their work during the emergency.…”

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‘A Community no matter what’: fostering social work professional connections in Italy in COVID-19 times

Fargion¹,

Sanfelici

Sicora³

2020

Social Work Education

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated socioeconomic crisis are posing unprecedented challenges both globally and locally, raising many unknowns and imposing difficult trade-offs. One of the side effects of this pandemic, with the ensuing physical distancing rules and quarantine, has been the condition of isolation that is affecting vulnerable populations disproportionately across the world. Against this background, one of the major tasks for social work is to keep up connections, find new ways to sustain relations and networks, and mitigate against inescapable feelings of loneliness and their consequences. Social workers themselves are affected personally and professionally by this crisis, facing new living and working conditions. They experience feelings of uncertainty, fear, and the risk of isolation. The aim of this paper is to present examples of practices intended to promote a sense of community, as such a shared emotion can support present and future social workers. These examples serve to underline how, now more than ever, a central challenge for social work is to strengthen the professional community, find ways to overcome isolation and 'to take care of those who care'.

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Handling uncertainty and ambiguity in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cited by 47 publications

References 13 publications

Confinement and the Hatred of Sound in Times of COVID-19: A Molotov Cocktail for People With Misophonia

Confinement and the Hatred of Sound in Times of COVID-19: A Molotov Cocktail for People With Misophonia

Social connectedness and negative affect uniquely explain individual differences in response to emotional ambiguity

‘A Community no matter what’: fostering social work professional connections in Italy in COVID-19 times

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