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Psychosis risk among pregnant women in Ghana

Introduction Psychotic illness, although is rare, has been reported in the perinatal period. Individuals diagnosed with psychotic illness tend to first exhibit psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), defined as subclinical psychotic symptoms that occur outside...

Psychological distress in serious mental illness patients during the COVID-19 outbreak and one-month mass quarantine in Italy

Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric presentations associated with severe coronavirus infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis with comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, coronaviruses caused two noteworthy outbreaks: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), starting in 2002, and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), starting in 2012. We aimed to assess the psychiatric and neuropsychiatric...

Pandemi og jobb: Hvordan påvirket smittevernrestriksjonene arbeidsmarkedet for unge mennesker med alvorlige psykiske lidelser?

Deltakelse i arbeidslivet er like viktig for unge mennesker med psykoselidelse som for alle andre. Ved Seksjon for tidlig psykosebehandling (OUS) samarbeider jobbsøkere og jobbspesialister for å finne egnede jobber som kan vedvare over tid. I dette innleg...

Mental disorders and risk of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Mental disorders might be a risk factor for severe COVID-19. We aimed to assess the specific risks of COVID-19-related mortality, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit (ICU) admission associated with any pre-existing mental disorder, and spe...

Increased risk of COVID-19 infection and mortality in people with mental disorders: Analysis from electronic health records in the United States

Concerns have been expressed that persons with a pre-existing mental disorder may represent a population at increased risk for COVID-19 infection and with a higher likelihood of adverse outcomes of the infection, but there is no systematic research eviden...

Closing COVID-19 mortality, vaccination, and evidence gaps for those with severe mental illness

Unfortunately, scientific evidence on vaccine hesitancy and the attitudes of people with schizophrenia towards vaccination is a knowledge gap. Although Tzur Bitan and colleagues' study provides a first attempt to characterise determinants of vaccine uptak...

Are healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic at risk of psychosis? Findings from a scoping review

The letter presents a review on the likelihood of healthcare workers (HCWs) developing psychotic symptoms as a result of the psychological distress derived from the current coronavirus pandemic. A scoping review of the literature on the issue above was co...