Shailaja B, Adarsh B, Chaudhury Suprakash
Department of Psychiatry, Ramaiah Medical College, M.S Ramaiah Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2021 Jul-Dec;30(2):356-360. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_138_20. Epub 2021 Nov 23.
Stressful situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic can serve as a niche for developing pathological mental state or influence the symptomatology of patients with psychiatric disorders. Here, we present four such cases. Three cases highlight the onset of psychosis precipitated by the immense stress posed by the pandemic. In the last case, psychopathology of a patient with preexisting mental illness getting influenced by the pandemic is highlighted. In all the four cases, it is interesting to note that delusional work is weaved around the COVID-19.
诸如新冠疫情这样的应激情况可能成为发展病理性精神状态的温床，或影响精神障碍患者的症状表现。在此，我们呈现四个这样的病例。三个病例突出了疫情带来的巨大压力引发的精神病发作。在最后一个病例中，强调了一名已有精神疾病的患者的精神病理学受到疫情影响的情况。在所有这四个病例中，值得注意的是，妄想思维都围绕着新冠病毒展开。
