MedPage Today (2/16, Monaco) reports “people who battled COVID-19…had a higher risk of multiple mental health conditions,” according to researchers who found that “among those who survived the first 30 days of COVID-19 infection, there was a 60%…increased risk for having any new mental health diagnosis or a new mental health-related drug prescription compared with those who were never infected.” This risk “was largely driven by an uptick in mental health-related drug prescriptions, which increased by 86%,” the study published in The BMJ found. Moreover, “COVID-19 survivors saw significantly higher risks for developing anxiety disorders…which included a higher risk for generalized anxiety disorder, mixed anxiety disorder, and panic disorder.”
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