A new study reveals troubling long-term brain and psychiatric aftereffects in COVID-19 patients
ByMATTHEW ROZSA
APRIL 8, 2021 10:50AM (UTC)
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An astonishing study found that roughly one out of three COVID-19 survivors were diagnosed with either a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months of contracting COVID-19.
The shockingly high proportion of brain and psychiatric disorders in COVID-19 patientssuggests that 10 millionAmericans (out of the 30million who have contracted COVID-19)could suffer mental health repercussions in the coming years. That prophesiesan impending social crisis for which American society is unprepared.https://creative-p.undertone.com/2150/85665-1614866905/m213-0.htmlADVERTISEMENTSCROLL TO CONTINUE READINGAdvertisement:
In anarticlepublished in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry, researchers revealed that out of more than 230,000 COVID-19 patients (most of them from the United States), approximately one out of three (33.6%)developed either neurological or psychiatric issues. That number rose to 38.7%…
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