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Mutual aid and mental health beyond the syndemic. A psyco-social perspective from the Basaglia Brigade s experience
No full textThe Basaglia Brigade is a group of mental health activists born in Italy during the COVID 19 pandemic. During 2020, their work has focused on providing psychological first aid, but the evolution of the crisis led the group to a theoretical and practical reflection on the relationship between mental health and mutual aid. Since March 2020, COVID 19 has been causing many psychological difficulties and the months of social isolation have given rise to emotional distress, relational conflicts, and community problems. It became urgent to collect and discuss the variety of stressful and complex situations that the psychologists and activists faced during the first 15 months of accompaniment. The objective of the following research work is to collect experiences of activism focused on psychosocial support during the emergency, as well as to discuss thoughts, emotions and perspectives from the experience of mutual aid in mental health in Italy.La Brigada Basaglia es un grupo de activistas de salud mental nacido en Italia durante la pandemia de COVID 19. Durante 2020, su trabajo se ha centrado en brindar un primer auxilio psicológico, pero la evolución de la crisis llevó el grupo a una reflexión teórica y práctica sobre la relación entre salud mental y ayuda mutua. Desde marzo de 2020, la COVID 19 ha estado causando muchas dificultades psicológicas y los meses de aislamiento social hicieron surgir angustias emocionales, conflictos relacionales y problemáticas comunitarias. Se hizo urgente recopilar y discutir la variedad de situaciones estresantes y complejas que las psicólogas y activistas enfrentaron durante los primeros 15 meses de acompañamiento. El objetivo del siguiente trabajo de investigación es recopilar experiencias de activismo centradas en el apoyo psicosocial durante la emergencia, profundizando pensamientos, emociones y perspectivas a partir de la experiencia de ayuda mutua en salud mental en Italia
Correction to:Parametric Imaging of [11C]Flumazenil Binding in the Rat Brain
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Implementation of a Brazilian Cardioprotective Nutritional (BALANCE) Program for improvement on quality of diet and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events: A randomized, multicenter trial
No full textBackground: Appropriate dietary recommendations represent a key part of secondary prevention in cardiovascular disease (CVD). We evaluated the effectiveness of the implementation of a nutritional program on quality of diet, cardiovascular events, and death in patients with established CVD. Methods: In this open-label, multicenter trial conducted in 35 sites in Brazil, we randomly assigned (1:1) patients aged 45 years or older to receive either the BALANCE Program (experimental group) or conventional nutrition advice (control group). The BALANCE Program included a unique nutritional education strategy to implement recommendations from guidelines, adapted to the use of affordable and regional foods. Adherence to diet was evaluated by the modified Alternative Healthy Eating Index. The primary end point was a composite of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular death, cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction, stroke, myocardial revascularization, amputation, or hospitalization for unstable angina. Secondary end points included biochemical and anthropometric data, and blood pressure levels. Results: From March 5, 2013, to Abril 7, 2015, a total of 2534 eligible patients were randomly assigned to either the BALANCE Program group (n = 1,266) or the control group (n = 1,268) and were followed up for a median of 3.5 years. In total, 235 (9.3%) participants had been lost to follow-up. After 3 years of follow-up, mean modified Alternative Healthy Eating Index (scale 0-70) was only slightly higher in the BALANCE group versus the control group (26.2 ± 8.4 vs 24.7 ± 8.6, P <.01), mainly due to a 0.5-serving/d greater intake of fruits and of vegetables in the BALANCE group. Primary end point events occurred in 236 participants (18.8%) in the BALANCE group and in 207 participants (16.4%) in the control group (hazard ratio, 1.15; 95% CI 0.95-1.38; P =.15). Secondary end points did not differ between groups after follow-up. Conclusions: The BALANCE Program only slightly improved adherence to a healthy diet in patients with established CVD and had no significant effect on the incidence of cardiovascular events or death. © 2019 The Author
