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Viral infections are common and some are known to infect the CNS, causing neuropsychiatric syndromes affecting cognitive, affective, behavioural, and perceptual domains. Severe illness of diverse aetiologies is associated with subsequent psychiatric morbidity, at least some of which is attributable to its psychological impact of trauma.
Coronaviruses are single-stranded RNA
viruses and several subtypes affecting humans have been identified, most of which cause mild upper respiratory tractinfections in immunocompetent individuals (notably, theHCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, HCoV-NL63, and HCoV-HKU1strains). Coronaviruses have also been detected in both the
brain and the cerebrospinal fluid of individuals with seizures, encephalitis, and encephalomyelitis.9Novelstrains of coronavirus caused the severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS) outbreak, starting in 2002, and the Middle East respiratory
syndrome (MERS) outbreak, starting in 2012.
On Dec 31, 2019, WHO was made aware of several cases of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, China, which were subsequently identified as being caused by a novel coronavirus termed severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2;10 panel). As the pandemic of the disease now known as COVID-19 has spread, there has been a growing recognition of the psychiatric implications of the disease. There are several reasons why the currentCOVID-19 pandemic might have psychiatric consequences. Some of these reasons relate to the wider social impact of the pandemic and the governmental response, including physical distancing measures and quarantine Both the infected and non-infected population might be susceptible as a result of certain experiences, such as widespreadanxiety,17 social isolation,16
stress in
health-care workers and other essential workers,18 and unemployment and financial difficulties.
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