Epstein, Danny and Andrawis, Wisam and Lipsky, Ari M. and Ziad, Hiba and Matan, Moshe (2020) Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (5). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
We describe a case of a young man admitted to due to mild COVID-19 infection. During his hospitalization in an isolation ward, he had no respiratory distress or fever but developed symptoms consistent with anxiety and insomnia. Despite the appropriate supportive intervention, on hospital day 7, he attempted suicide by jumping from the third-floor ward. The patient was urgently operated and transferred to level I trauma center under strict isolation. Our findings emphasize the importance of mental health aspects during the treatment of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Suicidality, COVID-19, distress, isolation, quarantine |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2020 13:57 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2020 13:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/20003 |
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