A new study has revealed that COVID-19 patients experience mental illness. Researchers at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy documented the cases of at least 402 patients after a survey who were facing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety, among other illnesses, reported The Indian Express (TIE).
The findings of their new study are expected to be published in the journal Brain, Behaviour and Immunity.
The study found that after getting discharged, COVID-19 patients showed:
Who showed more psycho-pathological symptoms?
The pre-COVID-19 diagnosis of some of these patients:
The co-relation between COVID-19 and psychiatric manifestations:
There are two possible pathways:
According to the study, when an infection triggers the immune system, the patient may be unable to endure the psychological stress and this may, in turn, lead to stress-associated inflammation, TIE reported.
“Cytokine Storms”, which are an immune system response to coronaviruses, can also cause psychiatric symptoms in those infected.
Other reasons for psychiatric manifestations:
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