Volume 25, Issue 112, June 2021

Acute suicidal psychotic illness in mentally healthy patient: Is it COVID-19?

Dhruv Talwar¹, Sunil Kumar^2♦, Sourya Acharya³, Saniya Khan¹, Prerna Verma¹

¹Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³Professor and Head of Department, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

A 46 year old male previously healthy with no personal or family history of mental illness reported with a new onset psychosis after he was diagnosed with a symptomatic COVID-19 infection. His psychotic symptoms subsided substantially with antipsychotics along with benzodiazepines and improved further with resolution of his other COVID-19 symptoms. This case report showcases the importance of vigilance and monitoring of COVID-19 patients for development of neuropsychiatric symptoms leading to prompt diagnosis and management.

Keywords: COVID-19, Psychosis, mental illness

Medical Science, 2021, 25(112), 1277-1280

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