Amanda Bernardini

Publications

• Case Report   
  Psychotic Disorder Following Recent SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infection
  Author(s): Dustin Wong*, Amanda Bernardini and Adam Newlin
  
  SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is commonly associated with flu-like symptoms involving fever, cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath; however, COVID-19 has also been linked with a wide variety of sequelae including increased rates of depression, suicidality, and substance use disorders as well as exacerbation of existing psychiatric illnesses. Potential causes may include those directly related to the infection, such as central nervous system inflammation, or indirectly such as increased stress or isolation. In this case report, a previously healthy 39-year-old female patient with no prior psychiatric or family history of mental illness, presents with psychosis a month after a positive COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. The patient’s family brought the patient to the hospital with reports of uncharacteristic, violent actions and increasingly bizarre behavior. The patient&rsq.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.3371/CSRP. WDAB.071723

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