Brain functional network changes associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological responding professionals after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundEmergency psychological responding professionals are recruited to help deal with psychological issues as the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues. We aimed to study the neural correlates of psychological states in these emergency psychological responding professionals after expos...
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| author | Ying Hu Hao Hu Hao Hu Yawen Sun Yiming Zhang Yao Wang Xu Han Shanshan Su Shanshan Su Kaiming Zhuo Kaiming Zhuo Zhen Wang Zhen Wang Zhen Wang Yan Zhou |
| author_facet | Ying Hu Hao Hu Hao Hu Yawen Sun Yiming Zhang Yao Wang Xu Han Shanshan Su Shanshan Su Kaiming Zhuo Kaiming Zhuo Zhen Wang Zhen Wang Zhen Wang Yan Zhou |
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| description | BackgroundEmergency psychological responding professionals are recruited to help deal with psychological issues as the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues. We aimed to study the neural correlates of psychological states in these emergency psychological responding professionals after exposure to COVID-19 related trauma at baseline and after 1-year self-adjustment.MethodsResting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) and multiscale network approaches were utilized to evaluate the functional brain activities in emergency psychological professionals after trauma. Temporal (baseline vs. follow-up) and cross-sectional (emergency psychological professionals vs. healthy controls) differences were studied using appropriate t-tests. The brain functional network correlates of psychological symptoms were explored.ResultsAt either time-point, significant changes in the ventral attention (VEN) and the default mode network (DMN) were associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological professionals. In addition, the emergency psychological professionals whose mental states improved after 1 year demonstrated altered intermodular connectivity strength between several modules in the functional network, mainly linking the DMN, VEN, limbic, and frontoparietal control modules.ConclusionBrain functional network alterations and their longitudinal changes varied across groups of EPRT with distinctive clinical features. Exposure to emergent trauma does cause psychological professionals to produce DMN and VEN network changes related to psychological symptoms. About 65% of them will gradually adjust mental states, and the network tends to be rebalanced after a year. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6706bd9169a946aca517d93da08235c02023-04-28T05:31:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402023-04-011410.3389/fpsyt.2023.10148661014866Brain functional network changes associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological responding professionals after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemicYing Hu0Hao Hu1Hao Hu2Yawen Sun3Yiming Zhang4Yao Wang5Xu Han6Shanshan Su7Shanshan Su8Kaiming Zhuo9Kaiming Zhuo10Zhen Wang11Zhen Wang12Zhen Wang13Yan Zhou14Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaInstitute of Psychological and Behavioral Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaBackgroundEmergency psychological responding professionals are recruited to help deal with psychological issues as the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues. We aimed to study the neural correlates of psychological states in these emergency psychological responding professionals after exposure to COVID-19 related trauma at baseline and after 1-year self-adjustment.MethodsResting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) and multiscale network approaches were utilized to evaluate the functional brain activities in emergency psychological professionals after trauma. Temporal (baseline vs. follow-up) and cross-sectional (emergency psychological professionals vs. healthy controls) differences were studied using appropriate t-tests. The brain functional network correlates of psychological symptoms were explored.ResultsAt either time-point, significant changes in the ventral attention (VEN) and the default mode network (DMN) were associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological professionals. In addition, the emergency psychological professionals whose mental states improved after 1 year demonstrated altered intermodular connectivity strength between several modules in the functional network, mainly linking the DMN, VEN, limbic, and frontoparietal control modules.ConclusionBrain functional network alterations and their longitudinal changes varied across groups of EPRT with distinctive clinical features. Exposure to emergent trauma does cause psychological professionals to produce DMN and VEN network changes related to psychological symptoms. About 65% of them will gradually adjust mental states, and the network tends to be rebalanced after a year.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1014866/fullCOVID-19emergency psychological responding professionalspsychological symptomsmultiscale functional networkneuroimaging |
| spellingShingle | Ying Hu Hao Hu Hao Hu Yawen Sun Yiming Zhang Yao Wang Xu Han Shanshan Su Shanshan Su Kaiming Zhuo Kaiming Zhuo Zhen Wang Zhen Wang Zhen Wang Yan Zhou Brain functional network changes associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological responding professionals after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic Frontiers in Psychiatry COVID-19 emergency psychological responding professionals psychological symptoms multiscale functional network neuroimaging |
| title | Brain functional network changes associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological responding professionals after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Brain functional network changes associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological responding professionals after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Brain functional network changes associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological responding professionals after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Brain functional network changes associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological responding professionals after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Brain functional network changes associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological responding professionals after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | brain functional network changes associated with psychological symptoms in emergency psychological responding professionals after the first wave of covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 emergency psychological responding professionals psychological symptoms multiscale functional network neuroimaging |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1014866/full |
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