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A large-scale study found that 20% of those infected with coronavirus were diagnosed with a mental illness within 90 days, BTA reported. Anxiety, depression, and insomnia are the most common problems among those who have recovered from COVID-19.
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Experts from the University of Oxford also found an increased risk of dementia.
“Doctors and scientists around the world urgently need to investigate the causes of mental illness and determine the treatment,” said Professor Paul Harris of the University of Oxford. He fears that the results of his study are likely to be underestimated.
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The study, published in the Lancet Psychiatry, analyzed the electronic health records of 69 million people in the United States, including 62,000 people with coronavirus.
The results are likely to hold true for people affected by COVID-19 around the world, experts say.
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In the three months after the positive result, one in five recovered was diagnosed for the first time with anxiety, depression or insomnia. This is twice as many as other groups of patients during the same period.
The study also found that people with pre-existing mental illnesses were 65% more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 than mentally healthy people.
This is further proof that the virus affects the brain and mind, experts who were not involved in the study said. This is likely due to a combination of stressors and the physical effect of the disease. The coronavirus also affects the central nervous system and, therefore, can exacerbate subsequent disorders.
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