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COVID-19 may cause delirium in some patients

Review Highlights Neuropsychiatric Presentations of COVID-19

Evidence presented for delirium during COVID-19, post-illness neuropsychiatric consequences for SARS, MERS
The scores for mental health symptoms in medical personnel responding to COVID-19 pneumonia are generally higher than the norm in China

Mental Health Symptoms Up for Medics Dealing With COVID-19

Mean Symptom Checklist-90 score significantly higher for medical personnel responding to COVID-19
Thoracic surgeons have high career satisfaction

High Career Satisfaction Reported by Many Thoracic Surgeons

But 55.7 percent of cardiothoracic surgeons who responded report symptoms of burnout or depression
Children whose mothers have mental illness are significantly less likely to receive vaccinations through age 5 years

Children of Mothers With Mental Illness Less Likely to Receive Vaccines

Risk highest for children living with mothers with alcohol or substance misuse disorders
From 2007 to 2016

2007 to 2016 Saw Increase in Peds ED Visits for Mental Health

Visits for deliberate self-harm increased by 329 percent; substance use disorder visits jumped 159 percent
Adults with traumatic spinal cord injuries have an increased incidence of psychological morbidities and multimorbidity

Incidence of Psych Morbidity Up With Spinal Cord Injury

Prevalence of all chronic diseases, chronic disease multimorbidity also up with SCI except for HIV/AIDS
Health care workers and younger people have an increased risk for a psychological impact from COVID-19

Health Care Workers at Risk From Mental Burden of COVID-19

Prevalence of anxiety symptoms higher for health care workers/young spending more time on outbreak
The presence of a mental disorder is associated with an increased risk for many subsequent medical conditions

Mental Disorders May Up Risk for Subsequent Medical Conditions

Median hazard ratio was 1.37 for link between mental disorder, medical condition in Danish cohort
Individuals at high risk for major depression reared in adoptive homes have a significantly reduced risk for major depression compared with those raised in their home environment

Major Depression Reduced for Those Reared in Adoptive Homes

Protective rearing effect found for adopted compared with home-reared full and half siblings
Upward income mobility is associated with lower perceived stress and fewer depressive symptoms but with higher rates of metabolic syndrome

Upward Income Mobility Tied to Worse Cardiometabolic Health

Worse outcomes on all health indicators predicted by downward mobility