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COVID-19 might lead to a 'mental health pandemic'

from Forbes

COVID-19 might lead to a 'mental health pandemic' Forbes The effects of COVID-19 are here to stay, including in the brain, at least according to a new study by Mario Mazza and colleagues in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Patients in the study had their mental health assessed using clinical interviews and commonly used self-assessment screening tools. One month after they presented to the emergency room with COVID-19 and then were either treated in the hospital or at home, out of 402 patients, 55% were found to have at least one psychiatric disorder. These included: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 28%, depression in 31%, anxiety in 42%, insomnia in 40%, and obsessive-compulsive disorder in 20 %. READ MORE

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