Category: Mental Heath
Hong Kong: 12.4% of survey respondents showed signs of Covid related PTSD
“12.4 per cent of respondents showed signs of PTSD and researchers warn the situation likely worsened during fifth wave.” More...
CDC: A quarter of elderly Covid survivors may have ongoing symptoms
CDC: “One in five COVID-19 survivors aged 18–64 years and one in four survivors aged ≥65 years experienced at least one incident condition that might be attributable to previous COVID-19. More...
England: 420,000 children a month treated for mental health problems
More than 400,000 children and young people a month are being treated for mental health problems – the highest number on record – prompting warnings of an unprecedented crisis in the wellbeing of under-18s. More...
13% of hospitalized Covid-19 patients developed neurological conditions including encephalopathy
Of the more than 16,000 hospitalized Covid-19 patients examined, 13% developed serious neurological conditions including, most commonly, encephalopathy upon admission. More...
Vietnam: Severe liver and brain damage in child after Covid-19 infection
A 13-year-old boy just recovered from Covid-19 suddenly returned to fever, red skin, red eyes, the doctor diagnosed multi-system inflammatory syndrome, brain damage. More...
COVID-19 cognitive impairment equivalent to 20 years of ageing, ten IQ points
Cognitive impairment as a result of severe COVID-19 is similar to that sustained between 50 and 70 years of age and is the equivalent to losing 10 IQ points. More...
Preprint: Serious brain disorders following mild Covid-19
In 43 patients, disorders ranged from brain inflammation and delirium to nerve damage and stroke. More...
BMJ: If we are no longer following the science, what are we following?
British ministers have now abandoned any pretence that they are “following the science” on Covid-19. More...
UK ONS: 2.7% of the British population reporting Long Covid symptoms
An estimated 1.7 million people living in private households in the UK (2.7% of the population) were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 5 March 2022
The estimates presented in this analysis relate to self-reported long COVID, as experienced by study participants who responded to a representative survey, rather than clinically diagnosed ongoing symptomatic COVID-19 or post-COVID-19 syndrome in the full population. More...
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 neuroinflammation, microhemorrhages, brain hypoxia, and neuropathology
“Here, we show neuroinflammation, microhemorrhages, brain hypoxia, and neuropathology that is consistent with hypoxic-ischemic injury in SARS-CoV-2 infected non-human primates (NHPs), including evidence of neuron degeneration and apoptosis. More...