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Clinical psychology based on gender medicine is a core topic of this Special Issue. In general, consideration of women’s mental health is limited; however, it is important to consider subjective wellbeing factors connected with cultural, environmental, epigenetic and personality aspects. Many factors, such as the roles assigned to women nowadays in social and work contexts, can act as predisposing conditions in the etiology of the psychopathological frame, particularly affective disorders. Furthermore, in the developmental life of a woman, important risk factors can be highlighted, such as the vulnerability to psychological distress in women and couples. In particular, the topic addresses the individual maternal requirements for successful transition to healthy motherhood and innovative programs based on gender medicine in the life cycle considering student and elderly experiences. The connection of psychological vulnerability to the environment and repercussions for relationships have been studied in connection with the COVID-19 lockdown, induced changes in women’s psychological distress and research regarding sexual arousal, self-image and mental wellbeing. Psychological and emotional forms of violence in couples, such as IPV, is another point highlighting new trend of assessments (i.e., Intimate Partner Violence EAPA-P) and ad hoc treatment in emotional regulation and resilience. Psychological support for women is central to the prevention of psychopathology, especially in relation to subthreshold traits; finally, the topic offers an overview of ad hoc treatments in clinical contexts.

stress --- medical student --- temperament --- self-esteem --- optimism --- stress response --- gender differences --- social behavior --- attachment --- touch avoidance --- network analysis --- intimate partner violence --- psychological treatment --- randomized controlled trial --- posttraumatic stress --- effectiveness --- eating abnormal behavior --- pro-ana and pro-mia websites --- female adolescents --- distress --- self-efficacy --- maternal confidence --- maternal wellbeing --- post-partum --- fall --- women --- health-related quality of life --- South Korea --- COVID-19 --- principal component analysis --- emotion regulation --- social stability status --- intolerance of uncertainly --- Italian population --- psychological violence --- self-report --- violence against women --- gender-based violence --- domestic violence --- assessment --- mindfulness --- newborn --- mother-infant --- maternal behavior --- mother-infant interaction --- maternal parenting stress --- maternal support --- sexuality --- body image

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This Special Issue of the journal Children constitutes an opportune moment to reflect on the psychosocial needs of children living with rare diseases and of their families. As medical advances, treatments, and developments have enabled many of these children to survive infancy and to live into adulthood, progress brings with it concerns and opportunities to enhance the psychosocial quality of life of children living with rare diseases, and of their families. This Special Issue reflects the current state of psychosocial research, which is primarily qualitative in nature. There are no scientifically rigorous randomized clinical trials to create an evidence base of effective psychosocial interventions for the provision of care to children with rare diseases and to their families; nevertheless, the papers within this Special Issue provide a reflection on the state of the science, including ideas about future research and practice. In this next section we share observations about the contributions made by each of the 13 articles, which cover a diverse range of topics.

Psychology --- cancer --- childhood cancer --- adaptation --- psychological --- neoplasm --- oncology --- sibling --- social support --- social adjustment --- palliative care --- end-of-life care --- equity --- public health approach --- compassionate communities --- caregiving --- parents --- psychosocial support --- rare disease --- advance care planning --- decision-making --- family caregiver --- psychosocial care --- communication --- pediatric --- adolescents and young adults --- healthcare needs --- chronic illness --- AYA transition --- Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome --- emotional-behavioral problems --- psychosocial difficulties --- psychomotor development --- preschool-age children --- pediatric chronic illness --- rare diseases --- family caregivers --- gender differences --- genetic or rare diseases --- health outcomes --- illness perception --- parenting stress --- siblings --- bereavement --- emotions --- psychosocial distress --- pediatrics --- complex chronic conditions --- pediatric to adult transition --- special needs --- interventions --- care coordination --- transition readiness --- family burden --- parental need --- urea cycle disorders --- E-IMD --- inherited metabolic diseases --- medullary thyroid carcinoma --- psychosocial --- young adults --- life-limiting conditions --- adolescents --- age-appropriate --- development --- cognitive functions --- children --- families --- medical complexity --- policy --- advocacy --- n/a --- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

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COVID-19 is a pandemic that has forced many states to declare restrictive measures in order to prevent its wider spread. These measures are necessary to protect the health of adults, children, and people with disabilities.Long quarantine periods could cause an increase in anxiety crises, fear of contagion, and post-traumatic stress disorder (frustration, boredom, isolation, fear, insomnia, and difficulty concentrating).Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can develop in subjects who have witnessed a traumatic, catastrophic, or violent event, or who have become aware of a traumatic experience that happened to a loved one.In fact, from current cases, it emerges that the prevalence of PTSD varies from 1% to 9% in the general population and can reach 50%–60% in subgroups of subjects exposed to traumas considered particularly serious. PTSD develops as a consequence of one or more physical or psychological traumatic events, such as exposure to natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis; wars, torture, death threats; road accidents, robbery, air accidents; diseases with unfavorable prognoses; complicated or traumatic mourning; physical and sexual abuse and abuse during childhood; or victimization and discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It can also develop following changes in lifestyle habits caused by the COVID-19 epidemic.Thank you for reading the manuscripts in this Special Issue, "The Impact of the COVID-19 Emergency on the Quality of Life of the General Population".

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- COVID-19 --- pandemic --- anxiety --- psychopathological symptomatology --- mood --- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) --- emergency --- autism --- children --- diagnosis --- intervention --- parents --- remote --- depression --- EPDS --- pregnancy --- SARS-CoV-2 --- psychiatry --- infectious disease --- healthcare personnel --- psychopathological symptoms --- mental health --- neurological --- psychological --- inflammation --- COVID-19 pandemic --- ERT --- lysosomal storage disease --- psychological impact --- antibodies --- serological test --- SLE --- GAD-7 --- PHQ-9 --- ISI --- quarantine --- burnout --- health professionals --- stress --- prevention --- virus’ transmission --- fear of contagion --- breathing difficulty --- healthy adolescents --- emotion awareness --- state anxiety --- risk perception of COVID-19 --- meaning-based resources --- psychological well-being --- resilience --- emergency services --- adversity --- lockdown --- personality --- public health --- coping --- psychological distress --- public --- Ireland --- physical activity (PA) --- undergraduates --- university students --- chronic pain --- triggers --- well-being --- occupational balance --- social distancing --- home confinement --- coronavirus --- interpersonal violence --- sense of coherence --- Covid-19 --- psychiatric patients --- worry --- risk perception --- mental illness --- attitudes --- knowledge --- practices --- spirituality --- Indonesia --- quality of life --- stress disorder --- living together --- emotional bond --- coronavirus disease --- psychological health --- general population --- somatic symptoms --- Quality of Life --- gender differences --- WHOQOL-BREF --- health --- health psychology --- Italy --- public mental health --- physical activity --- Kosovo --- restrictions --- 15D --- vaccination --- community pharmacists --- DASS-21 --- emotional distress --- chronic diseases --- Hashimoto’s disease --- frailty --- telemedicine --- gerontechnology --- wearable sensors --- shelter-in-place measures --- resting heart rate --- sleep duration --- activity pattern --- consultation --- comprehensive health care --- pandemics --- dentist --- fear --- insomnia --- preventive behavior --- fear of Covid-19 --- Athens Insomnia Scale --- psychological coping --- students --- general self-reported health --- gender --- cross-national study --- primary healthcare --- access to healthcare --- treatment effectiveness --- perceived control over time --- COVID-19 fear --- vitality --- emotion --- general anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7) --- older adults --- short health anxiety inventory (SHAI) --- state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) --- stomatognathic system --- COVID-19 confinement --- prospective memory --- working memory --- psychological wellbeing --- emotions --- Egyptian --- coping strategies --- STAI --- BDI-II --- avoidance-oriented coping --- college students --- coping styles --- emotion-oriented coping --- life satisfaction --- perceived stress --- task-oriented coping --- satisfaction with life --- fear of COVID-19 --- elderly population --- parental distress --- executive functioning --- multiple sclerosis --- elder abuse --- risk factors --- postural control --- balance --- detraining --- falls --- inactivity --- ageing --- type of personality --- type D personality --- TMD --- orofacial pain --- masticatory --- COVID-19 emergency --- preventive measures --- Chile --- nursing --- psychological discomfort --- pregnant --- n/a --- adverse childhood experiences --- ACEs --- psychological flexibility --- wellbeing --- help-seeking --- family physician --- primary care --- healthy lifestyle --- pandemic COVID-19 --- neurodegenerative diseases --- public health strategies --- healthy lifestyle behaviors --- telerehabilitation --- Autism Spectrum Disorder --- parenting stress --- depressive symptoms --- economic crisis --- virus' transmission --- Hashimoto's disease

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COVID-19 is a pandemic that has forced many states to declare restrictive measures in order to prevent its wider spread. These measures are necessary to protect the health of adults, children, and people with disabilities.Long quarantine periods could cause an increase in anxiety crises, fear of contagion, and post-traumatic stress disorder (frustration, boredom, isolation, fear, insomnia, and difficulty concentrating).Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can develop in subjects who have witnessed a traumatic, catastrophic, or violent event, or who have become aware of a traumatic experience that happened to a loved one.In fact, from current cases, it emerges that the prevalence of PTSD varies from 1% to 9% in the general population and can reach 50%–60% in subgroups of subjects exposed to traumas considered particularly serious. PTSD develops as a consequence of one or more physical or psychological traumatic events, such as exposure to natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis; wars, torture, death threats; road accidents, robbery, air accidents; diseases with unfavorable prognoses; complicated or traumatic mourning; physical and sexual abuse and abuse during childhood; or victimization and discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It can also develop following changes in lifestyle habits caused by the COVID-19 epidemic.Thank you for reading the manuscripts in this Special Issue, "The Impact of the COVID-19 Emergency on the Quality of Life of the General Population".

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- COVID-19 --- pandemic --- anxiety --- psychopathological symptomatology --- mood --- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) --- emergency --- autism --- children --- diagnosis --- intervention --- parents --- remote --- depression --- EPDS --- pregnancy --- SARS-CoV-2 --- psychiatry --- infectious disease --- healthcare personnel --- psychopathological symptoms --- mental health --- neurological --- psychological --- inflammation --- COVID-19 pandemic --- ERT --- lysosomal storage disease --- psychological impact --- antibodies --- serological test --- SLE --- GAD-7 --- PHQ-9 --- ISI --- quarantine --- burnout --- health professionals --- stress --- prevention --- virus' transmission --- fear of contagion --- breathing difficulty --- healthy adolescents --- emotion awareness --- state anxiety --- risk perception of COVID-19 --- meaning-based resources --- psychological well-being --- resilience --- emergency services --- adversity --- lockdown --- personality --- public health --- coping --- psychological distress --- public --- Ireland --- physical activity (PA) --- undergraduates --- university students --- chronic pain --- triggers --- well-being --- occupational balance --- social distancing --- home confinement --- coronavirus --- interpersonal violence --- sense of coherence --- Covid-19 --- psychiatric patients --- worry --- risk perception --- mental illness --- attitudes --- knowledge --- practices --- spirituality --- Indonesia --- quality of life --- stress disorder --- living together --- emotional bond --- coronavirus disease --- psychological health --- general population --- somatic symptoms --- Quality of Life --- gender differences --- WHOQOL-BREF --- health --- health psychology --- Italy --- public mental health --- physical activity --- Kosovo --- restrictions --- 15D --- vaccination --- community pharmacists --- DASS-21 --- emotional distress --- chronic diseases --- Hashimoto's disease --- frailty --- telemedicine --- gerontechnology --- wearable sensors --- shelter-in-place measures --- resting heart rate --- sleep duration --- activity pattern --- consultation --- comprehensive health care --- pandemics --- dentist --- fear --- insomnia --- preventive behavior --- fear of Covid-19 --- Athens Insomnia Scale --- psychological coping --- students --- general self-reported health --- gender --- cross-national study --- primary healthcare --- access to healthcare --- treatment effectiveness --- perceived control over time --- COVID-19 fear --- vitality --- emotion --- general anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7) --- older adults --- short health anxiety inventory (SHAI) --- state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) --- stomatognathic system --- COVID-19 confinement --- prospective memory --- working memory --- psychological wellbeing --- emotions --- Egyptian --- coping strategies --- STAI --- BDI-II --- avoidance-oriented coping --- college students --- coping styles --- emotion-oriented coping --- life satisfaction --- perceived stress --- task-oriented coping --- satisfaction with life --- fear of COVID-19 --- elderly population --- parental distress --- executive functioning --- multiple sclerosis --- elder abuse --- risk factors --- postural control --- balance --- detraining --- falls --- inactivity --- ageing --- type of personality --- type D personality --- TMD --- orofacial pain --- masticatory --- COVID-19 emergency --- preventive measures --- Chile --- nursing --- psychological discomfort --- pregnant --- adverse childhood experiences --- ACEs --- psychological flexibility --- wellbeing --- help-seeking --- family physician --- primary care --- healthy lifestyle --- pandemic COVID-19 --- neurodegenerative diseases --- public health strategies --- healthy lifestyle behaviors --- telerehabilitation --- Autism Spectrum Disorder --- parenting stress --- depressive symptoms --- economic crisis --- COVID-19 --- pandemic --- anxiety --- psychopathological symptomatology --- mood --- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) --- emergency --- autism --- children --- diagnosis --- intervention --- parents --- remote --- depression --- EPDS --- pregnancy --- SARS-CoV-2 --- psychiatry --- infectious disease --- healthcare personnel --- psychopathological symptoms --- mental health --- neurological --- psychological --- inflammation --- COVID-19 pandemic --- ERT --- lysosomal storage disease --- psychological impact --- antibodies --- serological test --- SLE --- GAD-7 --- PHQ-9 --- ISI --- quarantine --- burnout --- health professionals --- stress --- prevention --- virus' transmission --- fear of contagion --- breathing difficulty --- healthy adolescents --- emotion awareness --- state anxiety --- risk perception of COVID-19 --- meaning-based resources --- psychological well-being --- resilience --- emergency services --- adversity --- lockdown --- personality --- public health --- coping --- psychological distress --- public --- Ireland --- physical activity (PA) --- undergraduates --- university students --- chronic pain --- triggers --- well-being --- occupational balance --- social distancing --- home confinement --- coronavirus --- interpersonal violence --- sense of coherence --- Covid-19 --- psychiatric patients --- worry --- risk perception --- mental illness --- attitudes --- knowledge --- practices --- spirituality --- Indonesia --- quality of life --- stress disorder --- living together --- emotional bond --- coronavirus disease --- psychological health --- general population --- somatic symptoms --- Quality of Life --- gender differences --- WHOQOL-BREF --- health --- health psychology --- Italy --- public mental health --- physical activity --- Kosovo --- restrictions --- 15D --- vaccination --- community pharmacists --- DASS-21 --- emotional distress --- chronic diseases --- Hashimoto's disease --- frailty --- telemedicine --- gerontechnology --- wearable sensors --- shelter-in-place measures --- resting heart rate --- sleep duration --- activity pattern --- consultation --- comprehensive health care --- pandemics --- dentist --- fear --- insomnia --- preventive behavior --- fear of Covid-19 --- Athens Insomnia Scale --- psychological coping --- students --- general self-reported health --- gender --- cross-national study --- primary healthcare --- access to healthcare --- treatment effectiveness --- perceived control over time --- COVID-19 fear --- vitality --- emotion --- general anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7) --- older adults --- short health anxiety inventory (SHAI) --- state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) --- stomatognathic system --- COVID-19 confinement --- prospective memory --- working memory --- psychological wellbeing --- emotions --- Egyptian --- coping strategies --- STAI --- BDI-II --- avoidance-oriented coping --- college students --- coping styles --- emotion-oriented coping --- life satisfaction --- perceived stress --- task-oriented coping --- satisfaction with life --- fear of COVID-19 --- elderly population --- parental distress --- executive functioning --- multiple sclerosis --- elder abuse --- risk factors --- postural control --- balance --- detraining --- falls --- inactivity --- ageing --- type of personality --- type D personality --- TMD --- orofacial pain --- masticatory --- COVID-19 emergency --- preventive measures --- Chile --- nursing --- psychological discomfort --- pregnant --- adverse childhood experiences --- ACEs --- psychological flexibility --- wellbeing --- help-seeking --- family physician --- primary care --- healthy lifestyle --- pandemic COVID-19 --- neurodegenerative diseases --- public health strategies --- healthy lifestyle behaviors --- telerehabilitation --- Autism Spectrum Disorder --- parenting stress --- depressive symptoms --- economic crisis