COVID-19 is a disease that causes an acute severe respiratory syndrome, the agent is SARS-COV-2 (World Health Organization 2020). Although many effects of COVID-19 on health and social life have… Click to show full abstract
COVID-19 is a disease that causes an acute severe respiratory syndrome, the agent is SARS-COV-2 (World Health Organization 2020). Although many effects of COVID-19 on health and social life have been observed, it has effects on many diseases and systems waiting to be discovered. Initially, psychiatric research focused on the emotional effects of illness on the general population and psychiatric illnesses (Rehman & Lela 2020). Further studies show that COVID-19 can cause many psychiatric diseases, including depression, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (Anjum et al. 2020). Moreover, as Troyer et al. did, studies examining its direct role in the development of neuropsychiatric symptoms related to Sars-Cov-2 have also started (Troyer et al. 2020). The findings of COVID-19 that can be associated with central nervous system (CNS) involvement can be listed as new-onset loss of taste and smell, cerebrovascular diseases, encephalopathy, encephalitis. Recent studies reveal cases of COVID-19 with reactive psychosis and neurological symptoms (Mao et al. 2020). Here, we present a case of psychosis that could be associated with symptomatic COVID-19 in a patient with no personal history of psychotic illness.
               
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