Open AccessPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Cardiomyopathy as an Adverse Effect of BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine in Young Male
Author(s) -
Imren KURT
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of clinical case studies reviews and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-680X
DOI - 10.47363/jccsr/2021(4)204
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , anxiety , fluoxetine , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics , receptor , serotonin
A 19-year old man with no prior psychiatric history demonstrated psychiatric disorders like depression, anxiety, and sleep-wake disorder after the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine and staying at ICU because of myocarditis related to the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine. Based on the characteristic symptoms, a clinical diagnosis of PTSD was made. His symptoms were relieved with 20 mg/day of fluoxetine per oral (p.o.) treatment. BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine may have rare but severe indirect psychiatric side effects. According to that, an enlarged examination including vaccine history in our routine clinical psychiatric evaluation is important.