Mental Disorders Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 1. Department of Psychiatry and Drug Addiction, Azerbaijan State Advanced Training Institute, Azerbaijan
- 2. Department of Psychiatry, Azerbaijan Medical University, Azerbaijan
Abstract
Objective: The literature on psychiatric disorders associated with the coronavirus pandemic is scarce. In publications, indicate increased anxiety, depression, aggression of other mental disorders. However, there are practically isolated cases of mental disorders associated with a pandemic of coronavirus disease.
Materials and Methods: Eligible 50 participants to meeting the DSM-5 criteria for nosophobia, anxiety, and exacerbation of the main diseases of patients with mental.
Results: All examined individuals showed various mental disorders.
Conclusion: Despite the fact that the patients examined by us did not suffer from the disease, COVID-19, but they had mental disorders of varying degrees: from neurotic to psychotic disorders.