Coronovirus infection as a novel delusional topic

Santiago Ovejero; Enrique Baca-García; María Luisa Barrigón

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2020.05.009

Coronovirus infection as a novel delusional topic

Schizophr Res. 2020 Aug:222:541-542. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.05.009. Epub 2020 May 8.

Authors

Santiago Ovejero¹, Enrique Baca-García², María Luisa Barrigón³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Jimenez Diaz Foundation Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
² Department of Psychiatry, Jimenez Diaz Foundation Hospital, Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychiatry, Madrid Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychiatry, Rey Juan Carlos University Hospital, Móstoles, Spain; Department of Psychiatry, General Hospital of Villalba, Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychiatry, Infanta Elena University Hospital, Valdemoro, Spain; Universidad Catolica del Maule, Talca, Chile; Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, France.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Jimenez Diaz Foundation Hospital, Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychiatry, Madrid Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: luisa.barrigon@fjd.es.

Abstract

Delusional topics tend to rapidly incorporate popular hot topical issues. Thus, the current coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly reached delusional themes in patients with psychiatric disorders. Here we present the clinical case of a Spanish woman with bipolar disorder that included coronavirus infection in her delusional themes even faster than the real infection reached mainland Spain.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Delusional topics; Psychosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bipolar Disorder / complications
Bipolar Disorder / physiopathology*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Delusions / etiology
Delusions / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*