Acute psychotic episodes related to the COVID-19 pandemic

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The world is currently going through an extremely stressful time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This exceptional and alarming situation could increase the incidence of mental health problems, including acute psychotic disorders. Our observation reports two cases of patients with an acute psychotic episode, with a delusional theme related to the coronavirus pandemic. The two patients, who did not have a previous history of psychiatric disorders, were hospitalized in our psychiatry department, after the start of mandatory sanitary confinement in our country. The clinical symptoms found were mainly a hallucinatory syndrome and a delusional syndrome with a religious theme, and delusional ideas centered on COVID-19. This case report suggests that intense psychosocial stress, caused by the current global crisis and confinement measures, may be a trigger for new-onset psychotic episodes, and impact the clinical and delusional expression of acute psychosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:180

Enthalten in:

Annales medico-psychologiques - 180(2022), 5 vom: 23. Mai, Seite 410-411

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Les accès psychotiques aigus liés à la pandémie COVID-19

Beteiligte Personen:

Doufik, Jalal [VerfasserIn]
Ouhmou, Mina [VerfasserIn]
Bouraoua, Ilham [VerfasserIn]
Laaraj, Hicham [VerfasserIn]
Mouhadi, Khalid [VerfasserIn]
Rammouz, Ismail [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute psychosis
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Delusion
English Abstract
Journal Article
Pandemic
Stress

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.amp.2021.03.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323102484