A race for a better understanding of COVID-19 vaccine non-adopters
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Management of psychiatric conditions and delirium during the COVID-19 pandemic across continents: lessons learned and re...
...Published in Brain, behavior, & immunity - health
With the uncertainties of COVID-19, people infected with coronavirus present with diverse psychiatric presentations. Some institutions have had to manage their patients with existing protocols, others have had to create them. In this article we aimed to report the challenges and good practices in the management of psychiatric conditions and deliriu...
Sudden and persistent dysphonia within the framework of COVID-19: The case report of a nurse.
Published in Brain, behavior, & immunity - health
In December 2019, clusters of atypical pneumonia with unknown etiology emerged in the city of Wuhan in China. In early January 2020, the Center for Disease Control in China announced that it was identified a new coronavirus, first tentatively named 2019-nCoV and officially named SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. On F...
Identifying evidence informed psychological interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Rapid review of the literature.
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•Less than a quarter of psychological interventions are developed based on evidence.•Evaluation of the effectiveness of existing online mental health resources is required.•Front-line healthcare providers experienced severe mental distress during COVID-19. © 2020 The Authors.
COVID-19 and stroke, a case series and review of literature
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• There is an association between acute ischemic stroke and COVID-19 infection. • COVID-19 related strokes can be multifocal. • Hypercoagulability and vasculitis due to intracranial cytokine storm are among the proposed mechanisms for AIS in COVID-19.
Cytokine storm induced new onset depression in patients with COVID-19. A new look into the association between depressio...
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• This review highlights the key features of cytokines in both diseases. • We believe that additional research will pave the way to diverse pathways to treat depression in COVID-19 patients and others.
Temporal and spatial concomitance of exanthema and dysesthesia in a patient with SARS-cov-2 infection
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Cognitive profile following COVID-19 infection: Clinical predictors leading to neuropsychological impairment
Published in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
• Neuropsychological deficits related to COVID-19 infection were seen in attention, memory and executive function domains. • Presenting neurological symptoms during COVID-19 infection were risk factors for cognitive deficit. • Oxygen therapy, headache and diarrhea were symptoms associated to poor performance in neuropsychological tests. • Cognitive...
Validation of the Pandemic Emotional Impact Scale
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• This study demonstrates excellent validity and reliability of the Pandemic Emotional Impact Scale. • Data were from a nationally representative sample of 1500 adults living in the US. • The PEIS can be used to assess the emotional effects of this and future pandemics.
SARS-CoV-2 morbidity and mortality in racial/ethnic minority populations: A window into the stress related inflammatory ...
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• There is a disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. • Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and during the pandemic, existing disproportionate structural, socio-economic and environmental stressors in the BIPOC communities may have resulted in heightened stress-associated neurobiol...
