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The double penalty of the coronavirus: Decidedly this virus has not yet revealed all its secrets!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

R. Jomli*
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, Psychiatry A, manouba, Tunisia
H. Jemli
Affiliation:
university of tunis elmanar, Faculty Of Medicine Of Tunis, manouba, Tunisia
H. Ghabi
Affiliation:
university of tunis elmanar, Faculty Of Medicine Of Tunis, manouba, Tunisia
U. Ouali
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, Psychiatry A, manouba, Tunisia
Y. Zgueb
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, Psychiatry A, manouba, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the population have become a concern in the field of research in psychiatry. First psychotic episodes following infection with SARS cov2 have been reported.

Objectives

Through a clinical case, we will illustrate the association of psychiatric symptoms with SARS cov2 infection.

Methods

We discussed , through a clinical case, the association of psychiatric symptoms with infection by the coronavirus 19.

Results

L.R, Tunisian 52-year-old, diabetic (type 2) women, with no personal or family psychiatric history and no toxic habits. she did not receive receive covid 19 vaccination. Twenty days before her admission to the psychiatry departement, she had fever, cough, myalgia, and anosmia .The diagnosis of a SARS COv2 infection was retained by her general practitioner. Two weeks later she suddenly presented a persecutory delirium, distressing auditory hallucinations, and attempted rat poison suicide. On admission, The patient had a delirium of persecution towards her entourage and an auditory hallucinatory syndrome with distressing content. She was put on 1 mg of Risperidone with restitution ad integrum after 7 days. COVID-19 serology test detected IgM antibodies which allowed us to conclude that the symptomatology was related to the infection by this virus. For the etiological research, we performed a serology that confirmed the recent exposure to SARS COV2 and. The diagnosis retained is a brief psychotic disorder post-Sars Cov2.

Conclusions

The advanced hypothesis that infection with SARS CoV-2 could be the cause of the psychiatric manifestations remains unclear to this day.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association
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