Mental Disorders after Hospitalization for Covid-19

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate possible mental disorders in patients who contracted Covid-19 during the 2020 pandemic and were hospitalized in a Greek hospital - outside the intensive care unit - and their comparative evaluation with those who were admitted quarantine without the onset of severe symptoms covid-19.
Method: The study involved 348 adults from Greece, namely 166 patients who were discharged after hospitalization in a pandemic reference hospital, and 182 asymptomatic and unpatrolled individuals who were quarantined in a familiar environment during the event. pandemic.
Results: People who were hospitalized in the country due to COVID-19 symptoms, present the period after their discharge mental disorders mainly depression and post-traumatic stress. Those who were placed in compulsory quarantine did not show similar symptoms.
Conclusions: The nature and characteristics of COVID-19 disease, as well as simple hospitalization, seem to create, among other things, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression that manifest and follow patients in the time period after their discharge. Symptoms of depression and feelings of intense anger also appear to manifest. These results show a part of the disorders and psychopathology of patients with covid-19 after their treatment. The manifestation of these mental disorders seems to be related to the specific conditions of the pandemic disease, its extent, intensity, as well as its characteristics such as social isolation, mortality and contagion. The investigation as well as the timely and appropriate treatment of the context of mental disorders - especially post-traumatic stress and depression - should receive special attention and be the subject of broader research over time.