Onset psychosis and PTSS after severe respiratory symptomatology caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report.
Riv Psichiatr
; 57(1): 40-43, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1686217
ABSTRACT
Covid-19 is an infective respiratory illness caused by a novel virus, which might present different degrees of severity from mild or even asymptomatic carriers to severe pneumonia, requiring intubation and intensive care unit (ICU) management. SARS-CoV-2 may cause also central nervous system involvement, including psychiatric manifestations. Some cases of psychosis apparently covid-related have been reported since the start of the pandemic; we will briefly review some of them here, then we will report a case concerning a patient with emerging psychosis during the disease caused by the virus. Our case describes a man with no prior personal or familiar psychiatric history, who developed delusion and a post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) which required hospitalization in a psychiatric unit. The patient was treated with antipsychotic medications and underwent a brief follow-up.
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Main subject:
Psychotic Disorders
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Cohort study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Riv Psichiatr
Year:
2022
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Article
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