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The COVID-19 pandemic represents a risk for the mental health because it has changed the context of adolescents and young people. The study was aimed to analyze psychological responses of Mexican adolescents and young students to the pandemic and compare those variables by the lockdown time. The participants were 197 students aged 13 to 24 years from the State of Puebla in Mexico, participated. The COVID-19' Youth Perception Survey was applied to evaluate fears and worries, stress, school pressures, and routine changes, as well as some conditions related to the COVID-19. Girls present more stress, fears, and school pressure than boys do. In addition, adolescents who have been in confinement for a longer time have higher scores in all these areas evaluated, which could increase the probability of emotional problems. Therefore, design selective based-evidence strategies for youth are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Burnout Syndrome is a result of chronic stress manifested by chronic fatigue both physical and mental, anger, feelings of self-criticism, impotence, negativity, irritability, among others. It manifests in the athletes in three main areas: psychological, environmental and sports. The aim of this research is to determine the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome in the athletes of Guadalajara's National University, located in Jalisco, México in the year of 2008. In the research 531 students were involved, all of them from different sports, place of residence, universities and degrees. A sociodemographic questionnaire was implemented to obtain personal data as well as information of the environment where the athletes interact; to evaluate the Burnout, the Maslach and Jackson's inventory was used in its adapted sport version. With the test, a reliability of .789 was obtained in the instrument, and the highest middle in personal accomplishment, not finding significant differences regarding to gender and the dimensions that compose the syndrome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is a descriptive, qualitative, and correlation study with 112 elderly aged 60 years or older. This study aimed to identify differences in alcohol consumption according to gender and marital status, and differences in the consumption of medical drugs by gender. It also aims to determine differences in stressful life events by gender, and differences in stressful life events associated to alcohol and medical drugs use and abuse, as well as to know their perceptions on the most stressful life events they have experienced. The results showed significant differences in alcohol consumption by gender (U=154.0, p <0.01), in which the consumption was higher for men. It was reported that the medical drugs consumption (χ² =5.95, p <0.15) and life stress indexes (U=1038.5, p =0.10) are higher for women. The most stressful life events reported were: their health problems or those of their relatives, family and economic problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This is a descriptive, qualitative, and correlation study with 112 elderly aged 60 years or older. This study aimed to identify differences in alcohol consumption according to gender and marital status, and differences in the consumption of medical drugs by gender. It also aims to determine differences in stressful life events by gender, and differences in stressful life events associated to alcohol and medical drugs use and abuse, as well as to know their perceptions on the most stressful life events they have experienced. The results showed significant differences in alcohol consumption by gender (U=154.0, p <0.01), in which the consumption was higher for men. It was reported that the medical drugs consumption (χ²=5.95, p <0.15) and life stress indexes (U=1038.5, p =0.10) are higher for women. The most stressful life events reported were: their health problems or those of their relatives, family and economic problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]