COVID-19 affects the brain as well as the body. Here are a few of the key symptoms and risk factors to watch out for.
during the early stage of infection with COVID-19. This 53-year-old man was brought to the Emergency Department after voices commanded him to drink bleach or jump from a bridge, without depression or other psychiatric symptoms.
Of the two studies of COVID-19-confirmed cases, the first looked at 714 hospitalized patients and found that over 96 percent had symptoms of posttraumatic stress. Of the 57 patients in early COVID-19 recovery in the second study, almost 30 percent were depressed, compared with 9.8 percent in a similar group in quarantine. Anxiety levels were the same in both groups.
than corresponding non-pandemic hospitalization. Other studies showed negative or unclear impact of COVID-19 on mental health, often with lower study quality such as a low fraction of people completing follow-up.
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