Covid linked to risk of mental illness and brain disorder, study suggests
by Natalie Grover from Science | The Guardian on (#5D9QF)
One in eight people who get coronavirus also have first psychiatric or neurological illness within six months, research finds
One in eight people who have had Covid-19 are diagnosed with their first psychiatric or neurological illness within six months of testing positive for the virus, a new analysis suggests, adding heft to an emerging body of evidence that stresses the toll of the virus on mental health and brain disorders cannot be ignored.
The analysis - which is still to be peer-reviewed - also found that those figures rose to one in three when patients with a previous history of psychiatric or neurological illnesses were included.
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