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Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection
We describe the case of a young man admitted due to mild COVID-19 infection. During his hospitalization in an isolation ward, he had no respiratory distress or fever but developed symptoms consistent with anxiety and insomnia. Despite the appropriate supportive intervention, on hospital day 7, he at...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7213822/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32399450 http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001651 |
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author | Epstein, Danny Andrawis, Wisam Lipsky, Ari M Ziad, Hiba Abu Matan, Moshe |
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description | We describe the case of a young man admitted due to mild COVID-19 infection. During his hospitalization in an isolation ward, he had no respiratory distress or fever but developed symptoms consistent with anxiety and insomnia. Despite the appropriate supportive intervention, on hospital day 7, he attempted suicide by jumping from the third-floor ward. The patient underwent urgent surgery and was transferred to a level I trauma center under strict isolation. Our findings emphasize the importance of the mental health aspects of patients treated during the COVID-19 pandemic. LEARNING POINTS: The COVID-19 pandemic requires social distancing, quarantine and isolation, which may precipitate new psychiatric symptoms in people without mental illness or aggravate existing conditions. Mental health service providers, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and social workers, should be available in every facility taking care of COVID-19 patients. Health workers treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic should be aware of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia and/or distress developing in their patients and colleagues. |
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spelling | pubmed-72138222020-05-12 Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection Epstein, Danny Andrawis, Wisam Lipsky, Ari M Ziad, Hiba Abu Matan, Moshe Eur J Case Rep Intern Med Articles We describe the case of a young man admitted due to mild COVID-19 infection. During his hospitalization in an isolation ward, he had no respiratory distress or fever but developed symptoms consistent with anxiety and insomnia. Despite the appropriate supportive intervention, on hospital day 7, he attempted suicide by jumping from the third-floor ward. The patient underwent urgent surgery and was transferred to a level I trauma center under strict isolation. Our findings emphasize the importance of the mental health aspects of patients treated during the COVID-19 pandemic. LEARNING POINTS: The COVID-19 pandemic requires social distancing, quarantine and isolation, which may precipitate new psychiatric symptoms in people without mental illness or aggravate existing conditions. Mental health service providers, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and social workers, should be available in every facility taking care of COVID-19 patients. Health workers treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic should be aware of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia and/or distress developing in their patients and colleagues. SMC Media Srl 2020-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7213822/ /pubmed/32399450 http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001651 Text en © EFIM 2020 This article is licensed under a Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | Articles Epstein, Danny Andrawis, Wisam Lipsky, Ari M Ziad, Hiba Abu Matan, Moshe Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection |
title | Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection |
title_full | Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection |
title_fullStr | Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection |
title_short | Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection |
title_sort | anxiety and suicidality in a hospitalized patient with covid-19 infection |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7213822/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32399450 http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001651 |
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