Open AccessCOVID-19 Induced New-onset Psychosis: A Case Report from Oman
Author(s) -
Saoud Al-Busaidi,
Salim AlHuseini,
Ruqaiya Al-Shehhi,
Asma Anwer Zishan,
Marzieh Moghadas,
Samir Al-Adawi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
oman medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2070-5204
pISSN - 1999-768X
DOI - 10.5001/omj.2022.25
Subject(s) - medicine , diathesis , psychosis , covid-19 , psychiatry , pandemic , pediatrics , pathology , immunology , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Neurobehavioral impairment associated with COVID-19 infection has been recently documented in the literature. COVID-19 infection has also been associated with an increased risk for developing psychiatric symptoms, including rare reports on psychosis. We report a case of a 46-year-old male with no significant medical, family, and psychiatric history admitted to the hospital with COVID-19-related psychosis. Possible contributory factors for his condition are discussed, including the relationship between infections and the brain circuitry, inadvertent iatrogenic effects of pharmaceuticals used to manage COVID-19, as well as diathesis-stress associated with the tribulation of the prevailing pandemic.