COVID-19-associated brief psychotic disorder.
Abstract
A 36-year-old previously healthy woman with no personal or family history of mental
illness presented with new-onset psychosis after a diagnosis of symptomatic COVID-19.
Her psychotic symptoms initially improved with antipsychotics and benzodiazepines
and further improved with resolution of COVID-19 symptoms. This is the first case
of COVID-19-associated psychosis in a patient with no personal or family history of
a severe mood or psychotic disorder presenting with symptomatic COVID-19, highlighting
the need for vigilant monitoring of neuropsychiatric symptoms in these individuals.
Type
Journal articleSubject
HumansPneumonia, Viral
Coronavirus Infections
Antipsychotic Agents
Diagnosis, Differential
Psychotic Disorders
Adult
Female
Pandemics
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/23592Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1136/bcr-2020-236940Publication Info
Smith, Colin M; Komisar, Jonathan R; Mourad, Ahmad; & Kincaid, Brian R (2020). COVID-19-associated brief psychotic disorder. BMJ case reports, 13(8). pp. e236940-e236940. 10.1136/bcr-2020-236940. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/23592.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Brian Kincaid
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
My primary interest is in the clinical care of people with both medical and psychiatric disorders,
particularly in the interactions between mental illness, physical illness, and medications.
Jonathan Komisar
Medical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Ahmad Mourad
House Staff
Colin Smith
House Staff
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