[COVID-19 Crisis: Early Observations on a Pandemic's Psychiatric Problems]. / Psychische Probleme in der Pandemie Beobachtungen während der COVID-19-Krise.
Dtsch Med Wochenschr
; 145(10): 675-681, 2020 05.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-47406
ABSTRACT
We have recently observed several clusters of psychiatric symptoms in the context of COVID-19 (1) increased anxiety in psychiatric in- and outpatients with different diagnoses; (2) more cases of domestic violence often associated with increased drug- or alcohol-consumption in offenders and victims; (3) a nihilistic "apocalyptic" syndrome of elderly patients cut-off from their families; (4) visual and acoustic hallucinoses due to pneumonia and sepsis-related confusional states. Cases of chloroquine-related toxicity have been reported elsewhere, but have not been observed in our hospital so far. Mental issues related to COVID-19 reported from China and practical recommendations are briefly summarized. Many patients with serious mental disorders will suffer world-wide due to a reallocation of medical, social and financial ressources.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Mental Health
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Coronavirus Infections
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
German
Journal:
Dtsch Med Wochenschr
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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