Psychotic Symptoms After SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
J Nerv Ment Dis
; 210(9): 724-726, 2022 09 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2259154
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT This case series reports three middle-aged male patients with no prior history of psychiatric disorders who developed psychotic symptoms with manic characteristics after COVID-19 infection. They presented mystic and paranoid delusions associated with euphoria, logorrheic, insomnia, and bizarre behaviors. Two of them required psychiatric hospitalization and one received corticosteroids. Treatment with antipsychotic medication improved their symptoms in a few weeks. This case series reports the new-onset psychosis probably due to COVID-19 infection. Pathogenetic speculation about the probable causes of COVID-19 psychosis, such as inflammatory reaction and corticosteroid use, was done. Moreover, other probable causes of manic psychosis, such as late-onset bipolar disorder, were also considered and ruled out. There is a need for more research to determine the causality between psychotic symptoms and COVID-19 infection.
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Main subject:
Psychotic Disorders
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Antipsychotic Agents
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Bipolar Disorder
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
J Nerv Ment Dis
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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