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Mental well-being of children and adolescents during COVID-19: evidence from the Italian context and possible future developments
Full text linkThe article aims to discuss the increased emergence of mental health problems among children and adolescents, as an outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic.The results of a research study conducted among various professionals, such as psychiatrists and psychologists specialized in childhood and adolescence, are presented. The study, which uses both qualitative and quantitative methods, investigates the main consequences of the physical social distancing measures undertaken by the Italian government during the pandemic. The results are in line with the main evidence highlighted by international research and underline the particularly negative effects of the pandemic emergency on the mental health of minors. It reports how the limitation of intersubjective relationships and the forced digitalization of relationships has triggered or caused the emergence of multiple and varied disorders of the psyche, also linked to the area of reference (e.g., metropolitan, urban o remote areas), the socio-economic and cultural fragility of families, as well as the presence of previous mental issues within them. Finally, the research emphasizes how the understanding and management of the psychic health of these population groups, also from a health organization point of view, will be crucial to address the medium and long-term effects of such emerging issues among younger cohort
Editoriale
No full textIl contributo introduce i lavori presenti nel numero della rivista, proponendone una panoramic
La pandemia nell’area Medio-Adriatica: risultati e scenari di una web survey
No full textL’articolo discute i risultati di una web survey realizzata tra marzo e aprile
2020 nell’area Medio-Adriatica (Abruzzo e Marche). Il contributo si concentra
sulla percezione delle conseguenze sociali, politiche ed economiche della
pandemia, nonché su quella relativa alla sua gestione sanitaria. L’eccezionalità
di questo “fenomeno sociale totale” verrà declinata attraverso una serie
di fattori. Il primo è lo stravolgimento della relazionalità quotidiana imposto
dal distanziamento sociale, nel quale particolare rilevanza assume lo stato di
eccezione nella relazione tra Stato e Corpo. Il secondo riguarda la gestione
sanitaria e la fiducia istituzionale, aspetti che evidenziano una dinamica contraddittoria:
da un lato bassa fiducia verso le istituzioni politiche, dall’altro la
centralità della sfera pubblica nella gestione dell’emergenza. Il terzo è il ruolo
dei mass media, che ha spesso posto al centro la contrapposizione tra comunicazione
scientifica e fake news complottistiche attorno all’eziologia del virus,
alla sua contagiosità/mortalità e alle procedure di sicurezza da seguire per i
cittadini
Intersoggettività interrotta e salute mentale di bambini e adolescenti durante e dopo il Covid-19: i risultati di una ricerca
No full textThe article aims to discuss the outcomes of the pandemic emergency in terms of the mental health of children and adolescents. In particular, the results of a research conducted among professionals working in the field of psychiatry and psychology specialising in childhood and adolescence are presented. The study, which uses both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, investigates the main consequences of the physical social distancing measures undertaken by the Italian government during the pandemic. The results are in line with the main evidence highlighted by international research and highlight the particularly negative effects of the pandemic emergency on the mental health of minors. It emerges how the interruption of intersubjectivity and the forced digitalisation of relationships has triggered or caused the emergence of multiple and varied disorders of the psyche, also linked to socio-economic variables, to the previous family situation, and to the territory of reference. Finally, the research emphasises how the understanding and management of the psychic health of these population groups, also from a health organisation point of view, will be crucial in the medium and long term
Active Ageing in Italy: An Evidence-Based Model to Provide Recommendations for Policy Making and Policy Implementation
No full textIn ageing societies, active ageing (AA) has been recognized as a useful conceptual tool due
to its holistic approach to social issues and recognised benefits from it at multiple levels (micro, meso
and macro) for addressing demographic challenges. However, one of the main problems identified in
relation to AA, is to turn into practice, at the policy making level, the many positive aspects that it
promises at the conceptual level, as is demonstrated by the available evidence based on experiences
carried out in some European countries. As an advancement in this field, through an original research
experience carried out in Italy between 2019 and 2021, this study for the first time provides a model
for producing recommendations for policy making and policy implementation in the field of AA, by
managing the main problematic aspects related to the operationalization, at the policy making level,
of the AA concept, with the potential for replication in other countries. The main challenges were
identified, as well as the way to deal with them through a model, for a proper operationalization
of the AA concept, based, among other aspects, on a solid international framework concerning this
matter, on a mainstreaming ageing approach (at the public policy level) and on a wide stakeholder
participation through co-decisional tools. A multi-level (national-regional-local) perspective was
adopted to consider cultural and geographical diversity, among other challenge
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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