COVID-19 and panic disorder: clinical considerations for the most physical of mental disorders

Perna, Giampaolo; Caldirola, Daniela

doi:10.1590/1516-4446-2020-1235

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“…Esses dados sugerem que as pessoas estão vivenciando uma carga excessiva de estressores que podem vir a culminar em um desconforto intenso com sintomas somáticos. É importante destacar também que a respiração encurtada e a falta de ar também são sintomas característicos da COVID-19 que foram largamente noticiados como associados à forma grave da doença, o que aumentou a vigilância das pessoas em relação a esses sintomas (Perna & Caldirola, 2020).…”

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Experiência com a COVID-19 e Sintomas Relacionados à Saúde Menta

Campos¹,

Martins²,

Campos³

et al. 2022

Cad. Psic,

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Aim: to identify the experience with COVID-19 and mental health-related symptoms of Brazilian adults from November to December 2021. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with online data collection and non-probabilistic sampling. Exploratory questionnaire and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale were used. Prevalence of those who have tested positive for COVID-19 or not according to demographic characteristics and mental health-related symptoms were estimated by 95% confi dence interval. Prevalence according to symptomatology (asymptomatic, symptomatic without hospitalization, or symptomatic with hospitalization) was also estimated among individuals who tested positive. Participants’ feelings and perceptions regarding the pandemic context were analyzed using Descendant Hierarchical Classifi cation (DHC). Results: 4,665 people participated in the study (mean age=38.9; SD=14.1) years) and 18.3% reported having tested positive for COVID-19 (11.2% asymptomatic, 83.7% symptoms without hospitalization and 5.1% hospitalized). Symptomatic participants more frequently reported that the pandemic is a trauma while asymptomatic participants had signifi cantly lower prevalence than those who have never tested positive for COVID-19. The sample presented a high prevalence of anxiety, anguish, fear, and insomnia. Prevalence of depressive symptoms was lower in participants who were asymptomatic than in those who have never tested positive for COVID-19 (OR=0.586 [CI95%=0.390-0.879]). Overall, mean scores of depression, anxiety, and stress of the asymptomatic participants were lower than those obtained in other groups. Conclusion: Mental health symptoms were highly prevalent in Brazilian adults. There was a lower prevalence of symptoms among those who have tested positive for COVID-19 and were asymptomatic compared to those who have never tested positive for COVID-19.Keywords: mental health, pandemic, COVID-19, anxiety, stress.

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Experiência com a COVID-19 e Sintomas Relacionados à Saúde Menta

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Martins²,

Campos³

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“…Psychiatric symptoms are common after a coronavirus infection; many reports have found SARS-CoV-2 infection to be associated with a high prevalence of anxiety [ 84 , 85 ] and patients with these symptoms tend to have more somatic and pain complaints [ 86 ]. More recently, attention has focused on many other mental disorders, such as fatigue [ 67 , 83 ], panic disorders, and pain and depressive disorders [ 87 ]. Fatigue prevalence in post-COVID-19 patients, at 3–5 months, was reported in 64.2% of cases [ 88 ].…”

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Gut Microbiota Dynamics in Relation to Long-COVID-19 Syndrome: Role of Probiotics to Combat Psychiatric Complications

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Increasing numbers of patients who recover from COVID-19 report lasting symptoms, such as fatigue, muscle weakness, dementia, and insomnia, known collectively as post-acute COVID syndrome or long COVID. These lasting symptoms have been examined in different studies and found to influence multiple organs, sometimes resulting in life-threating conditions. In this review, these symptoms are discussed in connection to the COVID-19 and long-COVID-19 immune changes, highlighting oral and psychiatric health, as this work focuses on the gut microbiota’s link to long-COVID-19 manifestations in the liver, heart, kidney, brain, and spleen. A model of this is presented to show the biological and clinical implications of gut microbiota in SARS-CoV-2 infection and how they could possibly affect the therapeutic aspects of the disease. Probiotics can support the body’s systems in fighting viral infections. This review focuses on current knowledge about the use of probiotics as adjuvant therapies for COVID-19 patients that might help to prevent long-COVID-19 complications.

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“…Our mind has started to condition us of experiencing those symptoms and has transformed them into more debilitating form of disease. Those symptoms are not exclusively present in mental disorder alone but also commonly found in COVID-19, and even may happen alongside [4].…”

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Coronavirus disease-19 Pandemic-Induced Panic Disorder

Husada

Amin

Saragih

2021

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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Background: COVID-19 is a newly emerging infectious disease which is found to be caused by SARS-2. COVID-19 pandemic has spread worldwide causing a rapidly increasing number of mental disorders cases, primarily anxiety disorder. Since majority of panic disorder patients are present with great anxiety in response to their physical or respiratory symptoms, support and encouragement from psychiatrist or therapist are fundamental to alleviate the severity of the symptoms. Case Report: We reported a case of COVID-19 induced panic disorder in a woman, 52 years old, batak tribe who started to experience multiple panic attacks since one of her family members was confirmed to be Covid-10 positive. Conclusion: In general, panic disorder is a common diagnosis, but this case appeared to be interesting as it is induced by COVID-19 pandemic. As in this case, the individual who experienced multiple panic attack is not even a COVID-19 patient but has one of her family member affected by the virus. A wide body of evidence has shown that this pandemic massively contributes to worsening of psychosocial burden in nationwide.

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COVID-19 and panic disorder: clinical considerations for the most physical of mental disorders

Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Experiência com a COVID-19 e Sintomas Relacionados à Saúde Menta

Experiência com a COVID-19 e Sintomas Relacionados à Saúde Menta

Gut Microbiota Dynamics in Relation to Long-COVID-19 Syndrome: Role of Probiotics to Combat Psychiatric Complications

Coronavirus disease-19 Pandemic-Induced Panic Disorder

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