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Study shows a third of COVID survivors suffer neurological or mental disorders :
One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems, scientists said.
Researchers who conducted the analysis said it was not clear how the virus was linked to psychiatric conditions such as anxiety and depression, but that these were the most common diagnoses among the 14 disorders they looked at.
[...] The new findings, published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal, analysed health records of 236,379 COVID-19 patients, mostly from the United States, and found 34 per cent had been diagnosed with neurological or psychiatric illnesses within six months.
The Lancet article includes this disclaimer:
Big-data studies of this kind have intrinsic limitations, even when drawing on 81 million people, 236 379 of whom had COVID-19. In this pandemic context, not all individuals who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 (particularly those with mild or asymptomatic illness) will be diagnosed, which could result in some contamination of the comparison groups.
The question: will severe, enduring, and less common conditions such as psychoses behave more like neurological disorders or common mental disorders? Among the COVID-19 cohort in this study, a first diagnosis of a psychotic disorder was substantially more common in patients hospitalised with COVID-19.
Lungs, hearts and brains..
Journal Reference:
Jonathan P Rogers. A longer look at COVID-19 and neuropsychiatric outcomes, The Lancet Psychiatry (DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00120-6)
Previously:
Experts Warn Coronavirus May Cause 'Wave' of Neurological Conditions Including Parkinson's Disease
2020-06-15 Roundup of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2, Coronavirus) Stories
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 09 2021, @03:42AM (8 children)
No, the saddest part is that I was quoting The Declaration Of Independence, and one of you called me a traitor for it.
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 09 2021, @01:32PM
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday April 10 2021, @11:56AM (6 children)
^ What the AC said. If you believe someone quoting any given text means they believe in it or act in ways in accordance with it, you're too dumb to live. This is one of the oldest tropes in the book. "Even the Devil can cite Scripture for his own purposes," ever hear that one?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 10 2021, @04:42PM (5 children)
Don't you hate it when you come up with the perfect snappy reply on the way home from the party?
It's even worse when you think you have it, two days later. And then you call up the party guests, but they don't remember you being there.
Hogamous, Higamous...
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday April 11 2021, @02:44AM (4 children)
I didn't even see that until just before posting the reply. Luckily SN notifies you when you get replies, so when someone replies to a topic of mine weeks later (yes this has happened) I can still see it.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 11 2021, @03:22AM (3 children)
Yes, how fortunate for you.
The party's over. "Ditto" was hardly worth the phone call.
Defensive much?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday April 11 2021, @03:33AM (2 children)
Er, no? I try and give people who reply to my posts the courtesy of a reply back, is all. Seems that was wasted on you, AC :/
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 11 2021, @03:43AM (1 child)
On the other hand, sometimes it really is better to think about it for two days before replying.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday April 11 2021, @03:52AM
Indeed. You should try it. And maybe not limit yourself to two days...!
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...