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Increased risk of COVID-19 infection and mortality in people with mental disorders: analysis from electronic health records in the United States

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Individuals with a recent diagnosis of a mental disorder are identified as being at increased risk for COVID‐19 infection, which is further exacerbated among African Americans and women, and as having a higher frequency of some adverse outcomes of the infection.
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This article is published in World Psychiatry.The article was published on 2021-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 430 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bipolar disorder & Schizophrenia.

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Bidirectional associations between COVID-19 and psychiatric disorder: retrospective cohort studies of 62 354 COVID-19 cases in the USA

TL;DR: Survivors of COVID-19 appear to be at increased risk of psychiatric sequelae, and a psychiatric diagnosis might be an independent risk factor for COIDs, according to a preliminary study using data from 69 million patients.
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Association of Psychiatric Disorders With Mortality Among Patients With COVID-19.

TL;DR: It is suggested that schizophrenia spectrum disorders may be a risk factor for mortality in patients with COVID-19 and adults with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder diagnosis were associated with an increased risk for mortality, but those with mood and anxiety disorders were not associated with a risk of mortality.
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Risks of mental health outcomes in people with covid-19: cohort study

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TL;DR: People who survive the acute phase of covid-19 are at increased risk of an array of incident mental health disorders, including anxiety disorders, depression disorders, and other (non-opioid) substance use disorders.
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Is mental health a risk factor for Covid 19?

Concerns have been expressed that persons with a pre‐existing mental disorder may represent a population at increased risk for COVID‐19 infection and with a higher likelihood of adverse outcomes of the infection, but there is no systematic research evidence in this respect.