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Severe psychiatric disturbance and attempted suicide in a patient with COVID-19 and no psychiatric history.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of case reports and case series.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Pooled it
- Pharmacological Treatment of Acute Psychiatric Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and a Case Series.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19-associated psychosis: A systematic review of case reports.General hospital psychiatryPooled it
- Comparison of Antipsychotics in the Treatment of COVID-19-Induced First-Episode Psychosis: A Review of Case Studies.Cureus · 2026Review
- Acute Schizophrenia-like Psychotic Disorder Against the Background of COVID-19.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Anti-SARS-CoV-2 and Autoantibody Profiling of a COVID-19 Patient With Subacute Psychosis Who Remitted After Treatment With Intravenous Immunoglobulin.Biological psychiatry · 2023Article
- COVID-19-induced Acute Psychosis Resulting in a Suicide Attempt: A Case Report.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and self-harm: Danish nationwide register-based cohort study.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2023Article
- COVID-19-Associated Acute Psychotic Disorder-Longitudinal Case Report and Brief Review of Literature.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Psychological Impact and Risk of Suicide in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, During the Initial Stage of the Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of patient safety · 2022Article
- On Patterns of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Patients With COVID-19: A Systematic Review of Case Reports.Cureus · 2022Review
- Neurological toll of COVID-19.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Review
- A longitudinal study of post-traumatic stress, depressive, and anxiety symptoms trajectories in subjects with bipolar disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2022Article
- Suicidal Behavior in the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- Delirium and Cognitive Impairment as Predisposing Factors of COVID-19 Infection in Neuropsychiatric Patients: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- Case 28-2021: A 37-Year-Old Woman with Covid-19 and Suicidal Ideation.The New England journal of medicine · 2021Article
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- RETRACTED: Remission of Subacute Psychosis in a COVID-19 Patient With an Antineuronal Autoantibody After Treatment With Intravenous Immunoglobulin.Biological psychiatry · 2021Article
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- Schizophrenia during the COVID-19 pandemic.Current opinion in psychiatry · 2021Review
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Abstract
A previously fit and well 37-year-old male healthcare worker presented with confusion, psychotic symptoms and a suicide attempt in the context of a new COVID-19 diagnosis. Following surgical interventions and an extended admission to the intensive care unit, he made a good recovery in terms of both his physical and mental health. A number of factors likely contributed to his presentation, including SARS-CoV-2 infection, severe insomnia, worry, healthcare worker-related stress, and the unique social and psychological stressors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. This case highlights the need to further characterise the specific psychiatric sequelae of COVID-19 in community settings, and should remind general medical clinicians to be mindful of comorbid psychiatric symptoms when assessing patients with newly diagnosed COVID-19.
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