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SSRIs treatment did not completely restore affective state in patients with the initial clinically confirmed major depressive disorder/generalized anxiety disorder after COVID-19 disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

J. Fedotova  and
Z. Bereza
J. Fedotova*
Affiliation:
I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology RASci, Department Of Neuroendocrinology, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Z. Bereza
Affiliation:
Medical Center “Bekhterev”, Psychiatry, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The major clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in the brain are associated with its deleterious neurological and mental health actions.

Today, there are limited findings concerning the studying of neuropsychiatric action for SARS-Cov-2 in humans after COVID-19 disease.

Objectives

The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of SSRIs (escitalopram, sertraline and fluoxetine) for 6 months therapy on the affective profile of man and women with the clinically confirmed Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) cases following COVID-19 disease.

Methods

. For the assessment of affective profile in man and women (30-55 years) with the initial clinically confirmed MDD or GAD cases after COVID-19 disease, we used the different tests: Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and anxiety scale (ShARS Scale). The hormonal and monoamines levels in the serum blood were measured by ELISA tests before and after SSRIs therapy.

Results

After 6 months of SSRIs therapy, MADRS Scale showed a incomplete disappearance of the depressive/anxiety manifestations in both men and women with the initial clinically confirmed MDD case after COVID-19 (p<0,05). We found that SSRIs were able to reduce depression/anxiety levels only on 20% in man or on 30% in women with the initial MDD case after COVID-19 before treatment.

Conclusions

SSRIs treatmet alone failed to produce the decrease of depression/anxiety in the patients of both gender with the initial MDD or GAD diagnosis after COVID-19. The further randomized clinical trials involving new pharmacological therapies for psychiatric pations after COVID-19 disease are needed.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Covid-19depressionanxietySSRIspharmacotherapy
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S96
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