Clinical Psychopathology during COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Reports of First Psychiatric Presentations.
Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: The current pandemic is creating uncertainties about what is real and anyone as a personal viewpoint about Coronavirus, hence people become disoriented, illogical, anxious, frightened, paranoid and intolerant of others to the point of displaying irrational behaviours (Jakovljevic et al. 2020). The emotional reactions of people to the COVID-19 pandemic can be recorded as a traumatic experience developing as extreme anxiety or depressive disorder or post-traumatic stress illness (Jakovljevic 2020). The clinical cases found in the psychiatric hospitals of the authors of the current study and here reported bolsters the theory that COVID-19 pandemic can trigger, fuel or break mental stability in fit individuals who never had contacts with psychiatric services before. In all cases, presentation to psychiatric hospitals or infirmaries is characterised by extreme anxiety and psychomotor agitation which is a direct or aberrant route connected to COVID-19 pandemic, social segregation, constraints or interference of day by day lifestyles.
Source: PubMed
Institution: Fieldhead Hospital
Language: English
Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3102683622