Higher Rates Of Psychiatric Disorders Including PTSD, Anxiety May Be Seen In People Who Survive COVID-19, Study Suggests

Reuters (8/3, Parodi) reports, “COVID-19 survivors suffer higher rates of psychiatric disorders including post-traumatic stress (PTSD), anxiety, insomnia and depression, according to a study conducted by San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Monday.” The Milan “survey showed that more than half of the 402 patients monitored after being treated for the virus experienced at least one of these disorders in proportion to the severity of the inflammation during the disease.” The report was published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity.

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— “Some COVID-19 survivors suffer psychiatric disorders, Italian study says, “Emilio Parodi, Reuters, August 3, 2020

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