Concerns have been expressed that persons with a pre‐existing mental disorder may
represent a population at increased risk for COVID‐19 infection and with a higher likelihood …

Importance Preexisting noncommunicable diseases (eg, diabetes) increase the risk of
COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death. Mood disorders are associated with …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a serious health risk, especially in
vulnerable populations. Even before the pandemic, people with mental disorders had worse …

BackgroundCOVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, by the World Health
Organization. The pandemic has had unprecedented worldwide implications, in particular …

AimsThe United Nations warned of COVID-19-related mental health crisis; however, it is
unknown whether there is an increase in the prevalence of mental disorders as existing …

COVID-19 has imposed a very substantial direct threat to the physical health of those
infected, although the corollary impact on mental health may be even more burdensome …

Patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) represent a vulnerable population who have been
understudied in COVID-19 research. We aimed to establish whether health outcomes and …

Background There is limited information describing the presenting characteristics and
outcomes of patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) requiring hospitalization for coronavirus …

Previous studies on psychiatric patients infected with COVID-19 have reported a more
severe course of disease and higher rates of mortality compared with the general …

Background Psychiatric morbidities have been associated with a risk of severe infections
through compromised immunity, health behaviours, or both. However, data are scarce on …