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Review
. 2021 Jun;92(6):571-578.
doi: 10.1007/s00115-021-01105-0. Epub 2021 Mar 29.

[Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for people with schizophrenia, dementia and substance use disorders]

[Article in German]
Kristina Adorjan  1   2 , Robert Haussmann  3 , Katrin Rauen  4   5 , Oliver Pogarell  6
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Review

[Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for people with schizophrenia, dementia and substance use disorders]

[Article in German]
Kristina Adorjan et al. Nervenarzt. 2021 Jun.

Abstract
in English, German

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses unexpected challenges to social and healthcare systems worldwide. The direct and indirect medical consequences of infection with the novel coronavirus bring healthcare systems to their limits of their capabilities in many places. The neurotropic effects of COVID-19 can result not only in neurological but also in acute and long-term psychological sequelae. In the psychiatric context, the psychological and psychosocial consequences of contact restrictions and lockdowns as well as the effects of daily reports in the media on people with mental disorders must also be taken into consideration. In this article the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for people with mental illnesses, especially those with schizophrenia, dementia, and addictive diseases are discussed.

Die COVID-19(„coronavirus disease 2019“)-Pandemie stellt die Sozial- und Gesundheitssysteme weltweit vor unerwartete Herausforderungen. Die direkten und indirekten medizinischen Folgen einer Infektion mit dem neuartigen Coronavirus bringen die Versorgungssysteme vielerorts an die Grenze ihrer Leistungsfähigkeit. Die neurotropen Effekte von COVID-19 können nicht nur neurologische, sondern auch psychische Akut- und Langzeitfolgen nach sich ziehen. Im psychiatrischen Kontext sind zusätzlich die psychischen und psychosozialen Folgen von Kontaktbeschränkungen und Lockdowns sowie die Auswirkungen täglicher medialer Berichterstattung auf Menschen mit psychischen Störungen zu berücksichtigen. In diesem Beitrag werden die Konsequenzen der COVID-19-Pandemie für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen, insbesondere mit Schizophrenie, Demenz und Abhängigkeitserkrankungen, erörtert.

Keywords: Acute sequelae; Long-term sequelae; Mental illness; Pandemic-associated burden; Social isolation.

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