Suicide Attempt as the Presenting Symptom in a Patient with COVID-19: A Case Report from the United States

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has attained a pandemic status and is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Social isolation, fear of ostracization, and illness itself and limited access to care can lead to worsening of mental illnesses. We report a case from the United States describi...

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Autores principales: Telles-Garcia, Nelson, Zahrli, Tyler, Aggarwal, Gaurav, Bansal, Sakshi, Richards, Leonard, Aggarwal, Saurabh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7499315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32963871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8897454
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author Telles-Garcia, Nelson
Zahrli, Tyler
Aggarwal, Gaurav
Bansal, Sakshi
Richards, Leonard
Aggarwal, Saurabh
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has attained a pandemic status and is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Social isolation, fear of ostracization, and illness itself and limited access to care can lead to worsening of mental illnesses. We report a case from the United States describing a young male with a suicidal attempt who was subsequently found to have COVID-19 infection. Further research is needed to evaluate potential factors for this unique association.
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spelling pubmed-74993152020-09-21 Suicide Attempt as the Presenting Symptom in a Patient with COVID-19: A Case Report from the United States Telles-Garcia, Nelson Zahrli, Tyler Aggarwal, Gaurav Bansal, Sakshi Richards, Leonard Aggarwal, Saurabh Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has attained a pandemic status and is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Social isolation, fear of ostracization, and illness itself and limited access to care can lead to worsening of mental illnesses. We report a case from the United States describing a young male with a suicidal attempt who was subsequently found to have COVID-19 infection. Further research is needed to evaluate potential factors for this unique association. Hindawi 2020-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7499315/ /pubmed/32963871 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8897454 Text en Copyright © 2020 Nelson Telles-Garcia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Suicide Attempt as the Presenting Symptom in a Patient with COVID-19: A Case Report from the United States
title Suicide Attempt as the Presenting Symptom in a Patient with COVID-19: A Case Report from the United States
title_full Suicide Attempt as the Presenting Symptom in a Patient with COVID-19: A Case Report from the United States
title_fullStr Suicide Attempt as the Presenting Symptom in a Patient with COVID-19: A Case Report from the United States
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title_short Suicide Attempt as the Presenting Symptom in a Patient with COVID-19: A Case Report from the United States
title_sort suicide attempt as the presenting symptom in a patient with covid-19: a case report from the united states
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7499315/
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