Psychiatric News (12/1) reports, “Patients with schizophrenia are significantly more likely to die from COVID-19 than those without the disorder, even though they appear to have lower rates of infection,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data from the electronic health records (EHRs) of more than 2.5 million patients in the Optum COVID-19 Electronic Health Record database.” Additionally, the study revealed that “while patients with mood disorders and anxiety were found less likely to die from COVID-19 than those with schizophrenia, they still died at higher rates from the virus than those without mental disorders.” The findings were published online Nov. 23 in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “COVID-19 Most Deadly for Patients With Schizophrenia, Study Suggests, Psychiatric News, December 1, 2021