Evaluation of Psychiatric Counseling for Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in a University-Affiliated General Hospital in Tehran, Iran
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
; 16(3), 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1988360
ABSTRACT
Background:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with a number of psychiatric problems in patients;however, mental healthcare in these patients does not appear to be adequate.Objectives:
This study aimed to evaluate the extent of psychological care provided to COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital and the most common reasons for psychiatric counseling.Methods:
This study examined the electronic medical records of all COVID-19-positive patients admitted to Rasoul-e-Akram hospital in Tehran, Iran, within April 1 and September 30, 2020 (approximately 2200 cases).Results:
Psychiatric consultation was requested for 5.45% of admitted patients with COVID-19 diagnosis based on a positive real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. More than half of those who received psychiatric counseling had a previous psychiatric disorder. The most common reason for requesting psychiatric counseling in patients with a previous psychiatric disorder was the patient’s evaluation and management;the most common reason in patients without a psychiatric disorder was agitation and lack of cooperation. The most common diagnosis in patients with a positive history of psychiatric disorder was bipolar disorders (33.9%), followed by opioid use disorder (29%). Adjustment disorder (54%) and delirium (26%) were the most common diagnoses in patients without a history of psychiatric disease.Conclusions:
The current study showed that psychiatric counseling in COVID-19 patients was limited to a small number, including those with a positive history of psychiatric illnesses and prominent psychiatric symptoms.
anticonvulsive agent; antihistaminic agent; benzodiazepine derivative; methadone; mood stabilizer; neuroleptic agent; serotonin uptake inhibitor; tricyclic antidepressant agent; adjustment disorder; adult; agitation; anxiety disorder; article; bipolar disorder; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; counseling; delirium; depression; female; general hospital; hospital admission; hospitalization; human; Iran; major clinical study; male; mental disease; middle aged; opiate addiction; personality disorder; psychiatry; psychological care; real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; university hospital
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English
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Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Year:
2022
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