COVID-19-associated brief psychotic disorder

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Aug 11;13(8):e236940. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236940.

Abstract

A 36-year-old previously healthy woman with no personal or family history of mental illness presented with new-onset psychosis after a diagnosis of symptomatic COVID-19. Her psychotic symptoms initially improved with antipsychotics and benzodiazepines and further improved with resolution of COVID-19 symptoms. This is the first case of COVID-19-associated psychosis in a patient with no personal or family history of a severe mood or psychotic disorder presenting with symptomatic COVID-19, highlighting the need for vigilant monitoring of neuropsychiatric symptoms in these individuals.

Keywords: infectious diseases; psychiatry; psychotic disorders (incl schizophrenia).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
  • Psychotic Disorders / drug therapy
  • Psychotic Disorders / etiology*
  • Psychotic Disorders / psychology*
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents