People may develop depressive symptoms after recovering from COVID-19, according to an article published in the New York Times. According to the report, several patients, who have recently contracted COVID-19, are experiencing psychotic symptoms across the United States, including South Oaks Hospital in New York, which has a psychiatric treatment for COVID-19 inpatients.
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Psychological symptoms
According to the report, Dr Hisam Goueli, who works at South Oaks Hospital, said he saw at least four patients with no history of mental illness, who were showing signs of psychosis after recovering. on COVID-19 infection. Goueli said one of his patients, who wishes to remain anonymous, sees images of the murder of her own children.
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Goueli said this may or may not be due to her COVID-19 history, adding that what seems to be a tragedy is that she is not the only recovered coronavirus patient reporting these types of symptoms. He said that so far he has seen several patients with COVID-19 report similar symptoms.
Goueli said one of his patients became so paranoid that she thought her three children were about to be abducted and to save them she tried to push them through the drive window. -thru at a restaurant. Goueli said one patient saw him murdered by his cousin and to save himself he tried to drag him to bed.
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Concern
Ever since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, public health officials have called for better mental health programs for patients recovering from the deadly disease. The focus has always been on the mental impact that the disease can have on people who have to live alone for long periods of time. However, this is the first time that such psychiatric symptoms have been reported in people with a history of COVID-19, which is a cause for concern for health officials around the world.
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