After all those months, it feels unnatural to be out. Fortunately, all my “dates” are with doctors, catching up on missed and postponed appointments. And we still wear masks!
New research has found that nearly 1 person in 5 diagnosed with COVID-19 is diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder like anxiety, depression or insomnia within three months.
The analysis was conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford, using electronic health records for 69.8 million patients in the U.S. — including more than 62,000 diagnosed with COVID-19.
Compared with patients who had experienced certain other health events this year — such as influenza, kidney stones or a major bone fracture – those diagnosed with COVID-19 were more likely to have a subsequent psychiatric diagnosis in the following 14 to 90 days.
“The incidence of any psychiatric diagnosis in the 14 to 90 days after COVID-19 diagnosis was 18.1%,” the study found, including 5.8% that was a first diagnosis. The research was published Monday in Lancet Psychiatry.
People recovering from COVID-19 were about twice as likely to be diagnosed with a mental health disorder as compared with someone who had the flu, says Paul Harrison, professor of psychiatry at Oxford and one of the study’s authors.
“That was within just the first three months,” he says. “We of course don’t know, in longer-term follow-ups, whether these risks will go on increasing — or whether once you get to three months, then the risks after you’ve had COVID really go back to the baseline risks that all of us experience.”
The study found that the relationship between mental illness and COVID-19 is actually bidirectional: People with psychiatric diagnosis were about 65% more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 than people without.
I’m in no hurry to eat out. I’m comfortable with take out once in awhile. My family lives many miles away. I will see them eventually. All excuses I use to make myself feel better about being isolated I suppose….
I just went to Costco at noon, so it was crowded. I’m fully vaccinated and everyone had masks on, but I still wasn’t comfortable. I got what I needed and left as soon as I could. At this point, while I miss going out to restaurants, I will just have to wait. The only thing I feel okay about is being with a small group of vaccinated friends, who I know have been taking this seriously. (I know way too many who are still mocking covid and masks. I do not trust those people.)
Susan00100 about 3 years ago
We’ll never be really free until many more people are vaccinated.
Susan00100 about 3 years ago
I’ll wager that restaurants make more money delivering take-out than from in-house dining.
Susan00100 about 3 years ago
People have become so used to staying home that they now hate going out. Kinda like Stockholm syndrome.
WGillete about 3 years ago
After all those months, it feels unnatural to be out. Fortunately, all my “dates” are with doctors, catching up on missed and postponed appointments. And we still wear masks!
TheDadSnorlax Premium Member about 3 years ago
is that Irving?
Lisa Marie Chamberlain about 3 years ago
I want to see my friends and family but nope Sigh Arghh
briangj2 about 3 years ago
New research has found that nearly 1 person in 5 diagnosed with COVID-19 is diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder like anxiety, depression or insomnia within three months.
The analysis was conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford, using electronic health records for 69.8 million patients in the U.S. — including more than 62,000 diagnosed with COVID-19.
Compared with patients who had experienced certain other health events this year — such as influenza, kidney stones or a major bone fracture – those diagnosed with COVID-19 were more likely to have a subsequent psychiatric diagnosis in the following 14 to 90 days.
“The incidence of any psychiatric diagnosis in the 14 to 90 days after COVID-19 diagnosis was 18.1%,” the study found, including 5.8% that was a first diagnosis. The research was published Monday in Lancet Psychiatry.
People recovering from COVID-19 were about twice as likely to be diagnosed with a mental health disorder as compared with someone who had the flu, says Paul Harrison, professor of psychiatry at Oxford and one of the study’s authors.
“That was within just the first three months,” he says. “We of course don’t know, in longer-term follow-ups, whether these risks will go on increasing — or whether once you get to three months, then the risks after you’ve had COVID really go back to the baseline risks that all of us experience.”
The study found that the relationship between mental illness and COVID-19 is actually bidirectional: People with psychiatric diagnosis were about 65% more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 than people without.
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/11/11/933964994/after-covid-diagnosis-nearly-1-in-5-are-diagnosed-with-mental-disorder
BJIllistrated Premium Member about 3 years ago
I’m in no hurry to eat out. I’m comfortable with take out once in awhile. My family lives many miles away. I will see them eventually. All excuses I use to make myself feel better about being isolated I suppose….
lightenup Premium Member about 3 years ago
I just went to Costco at noon, so it was crowded. I’m fully vaccinated and everyone had masks on, but I still wasn’t comfortable. I got what I needed and left as soon as I could. At this point, while I miss going out to restaurants, I will just have to wait. The only thing I feel okay about is being with a small group of vaccinated friends, who I know have been taking this seriously. (I know way too many who are still mocking covid and masks. I do not trust those people.)
bbbbbbbBhname about 3 years ago
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rgcviper about 3 years ago
“How’s the weather over there?”
“Fair to partly cloudy … "
I, too, am ready for a more “normal” life, but we gotta tough it out until this virus subsides. Hang in there, all.
Sandy UwU about 3 years ago
“I want to go home” I said this when I was 5 when I was at a summer camp