Kaur Gagan, Khavarian Zeba, Basith Sayeda A, Faruki Farzana, Mormando Charles
Medicine and Surgery, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, IND.
Family Medicine, Saba University School of Medicine, The Bottom, NLD.
Cureus. 2021 Oct 1;13(10):e18422. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18422. eCollection 2021 Oct.
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.
冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是冠状病毒家族的一个毒株，于2019年末在中国首次发现，随后传播到世界其他地区。自COVID-19爆发以来，已导致身心健康并发症。除了与大流行相关的社会压力外，生物学并发症还包括直接病毒性脑炎、自身免疫介导的反应、药物副作用、缺氧性脑损伤和谵妄，这些可共同导致各种神经精神症状表现。在COVID-19的急性期和感染后期均有神经精神并发症的报道。在此，我们报告我们治疗一名患者的经验，该患者最初表现为严重抑郁发作，随后在医院获得性COVID-19感染后出现紧张症和谵妄。
