Zrnka Kovacic Petrovic
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Kovacic Petrovic Z, Peraica T, Blazev M, Kozaric-Kovacic D
Front Psychiatry
. 2024 Mar;
15:1295977.
PMID: 38487575
Background: The prolonged stress experience caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and two earthquakes led to increased alcohol and psychoactive substance use (PSU) accompanied by a decrease in mental wellbeing and...
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Kovacic Petrovic Z, Peraica T, Blazev M, Kozaric-Kovacic D
Front Psychiatry
. 2023 Aug;
14:1227182.
PMID: 37645636
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic and concomitant earthquakes in Croatia in 2020, increased Internet use (IU) and Internet-based addictive behaviors were associated with decreasing mental well-being. We determined the changes...
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Quality of Life During the First Three Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Two Earthquakes in Croatia
Kovacic Petrovic Z, Peraica T, Blazev M, Tomasic L, Kozaric-Kovacic D
J Nerv Ment Dis
. 2023 Apr;
211(12):919-926.
PMID: 37094571
In a cross-sectional study, we measured the impact of the first three COVID-19 pandemic waves and two earthquakes, occurring during the same period in Croatia, on the quality of life...
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Kovacic Petrovic Z, Peraica T, Blazev M, Tomasic L, Kozaric-Kovacic D
J Addict Dis
. 2022 Nov;
42(2):91-102.
PMID: 36444870
Increased prevalence and severity of both substance and behavioral addictions are among the most harmful consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak. To determine the sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19-related stressors, and stress, anxiety,...
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Kovacic Petrovic Z, Peraica T, Blazev M, Tomasic L, Kozaric-Kovacic D
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw
. 2022 Nov;
25(12):802-809.
PMID: 36318812
In 2020, Croatia was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and two earthquakes. As previous research showed that Internet use (IU) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, we carried out an online...
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Kovacic Petrovic Z, Peraica T, Kozaric-Kovacic D, Rojnic Palavra I
Curr Opin Psychiatry
. 2022 Jul;
35(5):324-331.
PMID: 35855504
Purpose Of Review: The COVID-19 outbreak profoundly influenced human lives on different levels. This narrative review aims to present recent data relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and internet use and...
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Repovecki S, Nedic Erjavec G, Uzun S, Tudor L, Nikolac Perkovic M, Konjevod M, et al.
Biomolecules
. 2022 May;
12(5).
PMID: 35625663
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a trauma-related disorder. Platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO-B) is a peripheral biomarker associated with various symptoms in different psychopathologies, but its role in PTSD or different...
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Pivac N, Nedic Erjavec G, Sagud M, Nikolac Perkovic M, Tudor L, Uzun S, et al.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
. 2021 Oct;
113:110452.
PMID: 34637871
Studies investigating the association between smoking and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism have reported inconclusive results, while the studies on the association of smoking status with BDNF C270T...
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Peraica T, Kovacic Petrovic Z, Blazev M, Blazev D, Kozaric-Kovacic D
Mil Med
. 2021 Jul;
187(3-4):464-472.
PMID: 34226924
Introduction: Sociodemographic factors can sometimes be more contributory in relation to war-related stress-induced disorder treatment and compensation-seeking than health-related factors. However, their impact is often overlooked. This study explores a...
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Ljubin-Golub T, Uzun S, Mimica N, Kozumplik O, Kalinic D, Kovacic Petrovic Z, et al.
Stress
. 2021 May;
24(6):787-794.
PMID: 34006175
Animal and human studies suggest that aggressive behavior may be modulated by brain serotonergic system. Serotonergic (5-HT) dysfunction is associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but also with increased aggression...