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

COVID-19-associated brief psychotic disorder

Colin M Smith  1   2 , Jonathan R Komisar  3   2 , Ahmad Mourad  2 , Brian R Kincaid  3   2
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Case Reports

COVID-19-associated brief psychotic disorder

Colin M Smith et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

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).

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Competing interests: None declared.

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