Psychiatric News (7/20) reports researchers have provided “a comprehensive overview of the neurological and psychiatric impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.” They did so by compiling “data from individual case reports, cohort studies, and meta-analyses on the neurological and psychiatric outcomes in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.” The study authors observed, “CNS infection combined with environmental stress caused by pandemic fear, social and financial restrictions, and ICU monitoring may result in the development of neuropsychiatric symptoms or syndromes, including depressive symptoms or episodes, manic or hypomanic symptoms or episodes, psychotic symptoms, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and posttraumatic stress.” The findings were published online July 19 in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
Related Links:
— “COVID-19 Has Numerous Neuropsychiatric Consequences, Report Finds, Psychiatric News, July 20, 2021