COVID-19-Induced Psychosis and Suicidal Behavior: Case Report

The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with different types of stressors: fear of infection, financial burden, and social isolation. Additionally, COVID-19 infection seems to increase the risk for neuropsychiatric symptoms including psychosis. We present a case of a 52-year-old male with no previous ps...

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Autores principales: Chacko, Mason, Job, Asha, Caston, Fred, George, Prem, Yacoub, Adeeb, Cáceda, Ricardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Covid-19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33015547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00530-7
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author Chacko, Mason
Job, Asha
Caston, Fred
George, Prem
Yacoub, Adeeb
Cáceda, Ricardo
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description The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with different types of stressors: fear of infection, financial burden, and social isolation. Additionally, COVID-19 infection seems to increase the risk for neuropsychiatric symptoms including psychosis. We present a case of a 52-year-old male with no previous psychiatric history who developed severe paranoia leading to a suicide attempt. He was successfully treated with a combination of milieu treatment, pharmacotherapy, and electroconvulsive therapy. We add to the nascent literature that COVID-19, as other coronaviruses, can increase the risk for severe psychosis and suicidal behavior.
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spelling pubmed-75196952020-09-28 COVID-19-Induced Psychosis and Suicidal Behavior: Case Report Chacko, Mason Job, Asha Caston, Fred George, Prem Yacoub, Adeeb Cáceda, Ricardo SN Compr Clin Med Covid-19 The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with different types of stressors: fear of infection, financial burden, and social isolation. Additionally, COVID-19 infection seems to increase the risk for neuropsychiatric symptoms including psychosis. We present a case of a 52-year-old male with no previous psychiatric history who developed severe paranoia leading to a suicide attempt. He was successfully treated with a combination of milieu treatment, pharmacotherapy, and electroconvulsive therapy. We add to the nascent literature that COVID-19, as other coronaviruses, can increase the risk for severe psychosis and suicidal behavior. Springer International Publishing 2020-09-26 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7519695/ /pubmed/33015547 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00530-7 Text en © This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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