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ArticleCureus2022

A Patient With Schizophrenia in Remission Relapses Following COVID-19: A Case Report.

Saeed S Shaaban, Rooble Bhullar, Ibrahim Mohammad, Aqeel Hashmi

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Saeed S ShaabanDepartment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, SAU.
Rooble BhullarDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, IND.
Ibrahim MohammadDepartment of Psychiatry, Hawler Psychiatric Hospital, Erbil, IRQ.
Aqeel HashmiDepartment of Behavioral Health, Westpark Springs, Houston, USA.
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital · INHawler Medical University · IQ

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As managing COVID-19 complications has become more prevalent in psychiatry, its effects can range from provoking new illnesses in previously healthy individuals to inducing relapses in patients in remission. However, an aspect of COVID-19's influence that is not well documented is its effect on medication responsiveness. In this case, we present a 28-year-old male diagnosed with treatment-resistant schizophrenia for eight years. While in remission on a maintenance dose of clozapine, he was admitted to the hospital with signs of severe psychosis after testing positive for COVID-19. On admission, he did not have any other major stressors and no prior comorbidities that could have induced the relapse. Despite being on a higher dose of clozapine for four weeks while hospitalized, the patient's psychosis did not improve. This raises the question if his infection had altered his response to medication that previously brought on remission.

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atypical antipsychoticclozapinecovid-19psychosisschizophrenia relapsetreatment-resistant schizophrenia

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PMID36348867
PMCPMC9630057
OpenAlexW4300962119

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