Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection.
Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection.
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DOI：
10.12890/2020_001651
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发表时间：
2020-01-01
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Matan, Moshe
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作者：
Epstein, Danny;Andrawis, Wisam;Matan, Moshe
我们描述了一例年轻男子因轻度新冠肺炎感染而入院的病例。在隔离病房住院期间，他没有呼吸困难或发烧，但出现了与焦虑和失眠一致的症状。尽管进行了适当的支持性干预，但在医院第7天，他试图从三楼病房跳下自杀。患者接受了紧急手术，并在严格隔离的情况下被转移到I级创伤中心。我们的发现强调了在新冠肺炎疫情期间接受治疗的患者心理健康方面的重要性。LEARNING观点：新冠肺炎疫情需要社会距离、隔离和隔离，这可能会在非精神病患者中引发新的精神症状或加剧现有状况。精神卫生服务提供者，包括精神科医生、临床心理学家和社会工作者，应该在每个照顾新冠肺炎患者的设施中可用。在新冠肺炎疫情期间治疗患者的卫生工作者应该意识到他们的患者和同事正在出现抑郁、焦虑、失眠和/或苦恼的症状。
We describe the case of a young man admitted 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 underwent urgent surgery and was transferred to a level I trauma center under strict isolation. Our findings emphasize the importance of the mental health aspects of patients treated during the COVID-19 pandemic.LEARNING POINTS: The COVID-19 pandemic requires social distancing, quarantine and isolation, which may precipitate new psychiatric symptoms in people without mental illness or aggravate existing conditions.Mental health service providers, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and social workers, should be available in every facility taking care of COVID-19 patients.Health workers treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic should be aware of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia and/or distress developing in their patients and colleagues.