TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - COVID-19 and manifest psychological morbidity: a case series JO - Indian journal of psychiatry A1 - Kumar, Parmod A1 - Kamal, Shubham A1 - Tuli, Shubhangi A1 - Gupta, Nitin SP - 294 EP - 296 VL - 63 IS - 3 N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic in India has been reported to be associated with numerous major mental health issues globally; the most common is - stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, insomnia, denial, anger, and fear. This case series presents three different cases, wherein the COVID-19 pandemic resulted not only in deterioration of previous symptoms experienced by patients (obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression) but also led to the development of new symptoms specifically related to coronavirus (Psychosis). Authors highlight the need to develop preventive strategies for vulnerable groups and try to understand the etiopathogenesis of illnesses so developing, in order to identify support systems and management strategies during the pandemicrelated crisis.

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LA - en SN - 0019-5545 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_152_21 ID - ref1 ER -