Abstract: a relevant area of psychology is the study of the state of stress in individuals studying and teaching at medical universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of the study: analysis of perceived stress in students and employees of scientific and educational institutions of higher medical education with an assessment of the impact of COVID-19.
Materials and methods: the study was conducted using the Internet (the questionnaire was posted on the ancetolog.ru platform) from January to March 2022 (the period of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Perceived stress was assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)-10. The results were assessed based on the analysis of 1930 questionnaires (including 706 respondents who had recovered from the infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 and 1224 who had not).
Results: low stress levels were detected in 20.1% of students and 21.5% of teachers, moderate stress in 68.2% and 72.2%, and high stress levels in 11.7% and 6.3%, respectively. It was noted that high stress levels were statistically significantly more often (p≤0.05) detected in students. Among those who had recovered from the new coronavirus infection, high stress levels were (11.8% (n = 84) was higher compared to those who did not have the disease 6.2% (n = 78), p <0.001. Those who had COVID-19 had a higher chance of developing severe stress OR 2.038 (95% CI 1.147-2.811, χ2 = 19.43; p <0.001)
Conclusion: the conducted analysis confirmed the impact of the transferred infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 on the deterioration of psychological well-being in the context of an increase in perceived stress among students and teachers of medical universities in Russia. An important task of the management of medical educational institutions of higher education should be the development of measures aimed at correcting the identified violations and finding indicators, the impact on which will ensure the greatest effectiveness of positive changes.

In a cross-sectional study examining hardiness, illness beliefs, and emotional perceptions in individuals with stroke sequelae, correlations were identified between these characteristics in patients with different hemispheric localizations of cortical ischemic lesions. Of the 25 participants, 13 had experienced a stroke in the left hemisphere and 12 in the right hemisphere. The study showed that individuals with vascular accidents in the right hemisphere exhibited a greater number of significant correlations among adaptive resources, cognitive, and emotional representations of the illness. In contrast to the expected correlations typically found in left hemisphere stroke patients, the comparison group exhibited several paradoxical phenomena: overall hardiness negatively correlated with personal control over the illness, and the structural component of hardiness, “control,” negatively correlated with the assessment of stroke consequences. The results are intriguing and suggest a specific contribution of local damage to the right hemisphere cortex in adaptation to the consequences of stroke.

The paper conducted a pilot comparative study of the responses of patients with schizophrenic spectrum disorders and a group of conditionally healthy individuals using the author's projective technique aimed at identifying violations of social cognition. The results obtained confirm the assumption about the effectiveness and sensitivity of the projective test in relation to disorders of social cognition in people with schizophrenic spectrum disorders. The results also identify a tendency to a greater number of errors in relation to probable prognosis among the patients.

The article is devoted to suicide prevention. The relevance of the problem considered in the work is shown. The main features of the prevention of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents at its various stages (primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of suicidal behavior) are considered. Special attention is paid to the coverage of preventive measures in educational institutions. In this regard, the activities of the educational institution's teacher-psychologist within the framework of various preventive programs are highlighted. The authors insist on the importance and necessity of psychological services in the education system, on the need to develop various programs for providing psychological and pedagogical assistance, as well as on the introduction of educational programs for parents of children in a dangerous life situation.

Abstract. Subject relevance. The prevalence of narcissism in modern society is closely related to an increased incidence of narcissistic motivation in people seeking psychological help. According to the hypothesis of the current study, this motivation can be enhanced and exploited by psychologists in their self-presentations, contrary to ethical norms and principles of concern for the client's well-being. At the same time, this issue has not been researched so far.
Study design. The study included two stages. At the first stage, aimed at creating a typology of psychologists' self-presentations in social media, 30 psychologists’ profiles were selected randomly. Then, the authors of the article carried out a phenomenological analysis of their content which helped them propose a typology including 5 different types (“Professional”, “Star”, “Perfection”, “Magician”, “Liar”). Then, 30 more profiles were randomly selected to verify the created typology through an independent expert appraisal. Consistency of expert evaluations was achieved for 28 profiles, and the original author's typology was reduced to two types with the conventional names “Professional” and “Tempter”. The second stage assessed the motivation of potential clients whom the profile content addressed, and the compliance of this content with professional ethical norms. To this end, two more independent experts were asked to evaluate 28 profiles selected at the first stage.
Study Results. According to experts' assessments, the overwhelming majority (85.71%) of the selected 28 self-presentations belong to the “Tempter” type, which is characterized by addressing clients' narcissistic motivation, as well as non-compliance with the following ethical norm, “The self-presentation does not exaggerate the effectiveness of the services provided by the psychologist, contains no statements about the superiority of professional skills and applied techniques”.
Conclusions. A significant proportion (more than 75%) of randomly selected psychologists’ self-presentations in social media addresses the narcissistic motivation of potential clients and is associated with a violation of the ethical norm concerning appropriate presentation of the effectiveness of services and methods used.