Suicides in Japan consistently decreased from 2009–2019, but increased during the COVID-
19 pandemic. To identify causes of increasing suicides, age-dependent and temporal …

Background This longitudinal, multicenter web-based study explored the trajectories of
depressive and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic among physicians over …

More and more women chose medicine as their profession. Female students and graduates
outnumber their male colleagues in Austria and the EU. However, the career paths of men …

Objective: Gender parity lags in academic medicine. We applied the Rank Equity Index (REI)
to compare the longitudinal progress of women's academic medicine careers. We …

COVID-19 has worsened adolescents' mental and physical health. Several studies have
reported that the effect may be greater in girls; however, relevant socio-ecological factors …

Background: Gender discrimination among healthcare workers (HCWs) negatively impacts
their mental health and career development; however, few studies have explored how …

The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly difficult for mothers. Women with a history of
peripartum depression (PPD) may be vulnerable to relapse. We sought to understand …

The high mortality rate in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic may be linked to
psychological disorders in staff. Hence, we assessed the prevalence and associated factors …

Women are at heightened risk for chronic stress-related psychological sequelae (SRPS),
including major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and …

Background: Work and home stress, productivity, and self-care of academic medicine faculty
in Spring 2021 was contrasted to faculty's experience in the Spring of 2020, both of which …