Corruption is a complex concept, part of several fields of knowledge, study and research areas, and individual, collective, social and institutional behaviors, also delineated by philosophical-existential and religious-spiritual perspectives. This article attempts to explore such ontological diversity to make possible a focus on corruption as a social determinant of Health and Mental Health, its characteristics and implications on individual and community-based behaviors, with emphasis on assumptions and clinical formulations (as symptom, syndrome or a crucial component of nosological-psychiatric categories, social origins and bureaucratic-administrative practices. Its impact on mental health and mental illness, interactions with resilience and other factors precede management postulates at various levels and imply, as well, the eventual elaboration of possible preventive norms.

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Objective: To determine the level of knowledge about psychiatry among sixth-year medical students before and after the pandemic, using the Mental Health Gap Action Programme basic course test (mhGAP-BCT). Methodology: It was a descriptive, cross-sectional study. Sociodemographic data and responses to mhGAP-BCT were collected. Results: Students who completed an elective rotation in psychiatry scored higher on the mhGAP-BCT (β = 1.90; 95% CI [0.94, 2.87]; p < 0.001). Psychiatry knowledge scores using the mhGAP-BCT were lower in students during the 2022 period (post-pandemic) compared to the 2019 period (pre-pandemic) (14.44 ± 4.25 vs. 15.57 ± 1.89; p = 0.048). Conclusions: Students who completed an elective rotation in psychiatry achieved higher scores on the mhGAP-BCT. Post-pandemic mhGAPBCT scores were lower than pre-pandemic scores. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first ...

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Objective: To describe the frequency of depressive symptomatology in caregivers of pediatric patients on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis. Material and methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of 33 caregivers of pediatric patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, under treatment in the Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Unit of the Cayetano Heredia Hospital in Lima (Peru). The participants completed the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), which assessed their degree of depressive symptomatology. Results: A total of 54.54% of caregivers showed depressive symptomatology; 9.09% moderately severe, 18.18% moderate and 27.27% mild; only 3.03% reported intake of antidepressants. All caregivers with moderate and moderately severe depression reported some degree of difficulty in performing their tasks. Conclusions: A high frequency of depressive symptomatolog...

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