New-Onset Catatonia and Delirium in a COVID-Positive Patient.

catatonia covid-19 delirium ect electroconvulsive psychotropics

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Historique:
accepted: 29 09 2021
entrez: 3 11 2021
pubmed: 4 11 2021
medline: 4 11 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a strain of coronavirus family, which was initially found in China in late 2019 and subsequently spread to rest of the world. COVID-19 has led to physical and mental health complications since its onset. In addition to the pandemic-associated social stresses, biological complications include direct viral encephalitis, autoimmune-mediated responses, medication side effects, hypoxic brain injury, and delirium, which can collectively cause varied presentations of neuropsychiatric symptoms. Neuropsychiatric complications have been reported in the acute stages of COVID-19 and post-infection period. Here we report our experience treating a patient who initially presented with a severe depressive episode and subsequently developed catatonia and delirium following hospital-acquired COVID-19 infection.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34729258
doi: 10.7759/cureus.18422
pmc: PMC8555943
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e18422

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021, Kaur et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Gagan Kaur (G)

Medicine and Surgery, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, IND.

Zeba Khavarian (Z)

Family Medicine, Saba University School of Medicine, The Bottom, NLD.

Sayeda A Basith (SA)

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of the Americas, Charlestown, KNA.

Farzana Faruki (F)

Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA.

Charles Mormando (C)

Psychiatry, Penn State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA.

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