Association between mental illness and COVID-19 susceptibility and clinical outcomes in South Korea: A post-hoc analysis: Reply

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[Correction Notice An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 8(4) of The Lancet Psychiatry (see record 2021-30527-033). In the original article, Namwoo Ki's name has been corrected to Namwoo Kim. This correction has been made to the online version as of Feb 26, 2021, and will be made to the printed version. The name appears correctly in this record.] Reply by the current author to the comments made by Jewel Park & Hye Chang Rhim (see record 2021-30527-008) and Hirofumi Hirakawa & Nobuyoshi Ishii (see record 2021-30527-009) on the original article (see record 2020-88514-024). The present authors are honoured to respond to the letters by Hirofumi Hirakawa et al. and Jewel Park et al. regarding their Article, which investigated the potential association between pre-existing mental illness and positivity for SARS-CoV-2 and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in a South Korean nationwide cohort. The authors proposed the need for further analysis stratified by subtype of psychiatric disorders and region of residence. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)