[HTML][HTML] Schizophrenia and COVID-19: risks and recommendations

L Fonseca, E Diniz, G Mendonca… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
''Is my son at risk in view of COVID-19?''A patient's mother contacted our Schizophrenia
Outpatient Clinic as soon as news about the coronavirus pandemic reached Brazilian …

COVID-19 prevalence and mortality among schizophrenia patients: a large-scale retrospective cohort study

D Tzur Bitan, I Krieger, K Kridin… - Schizophrenia …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective Individuals with schizophrenia may be at an increased risk for COVID-19 morbidity
due to the disease characteristics. In this study, we aimed to explore the odds of significant …

Mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in patients with schizophrenia: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression

E Pardamean, W Roan, KTA Iskandar… - General hospital …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Schizophrenia has been associated with patients' poor quality of life, disability,
and hospitalization. As of today, evidence that highlights the association between …

Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: narrative review

N Zhand, R Joober - BJPsych open, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundCOVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, by the World Health
Organization. The pandemic has had unprecedented worldwide implications, in particular …

[HTML][HTML] Schizophrenia during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Barlati, G Nibbio, A Vita - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Clinicians should inform and educate their patients on the risks related to SARS-CoV-2
infection and COVID-19 and on the precautions that they should adopt to avoid contagion …

Disparities in intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients with schizophrenia and COVID-19: a national cohort study

G Fond, V Pauly, M Leone, PM Llorca… - Schizophrenia …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) represent a vulnerable population who have been
understudied in COVID-19 research. We aimed to establish whether health outcomes and …

The COVID-19 global pandemic: implications for people with schizophrenia and related disorders

N Kozloff, BH Mulsant, V Stergiopoulos… - Schizophrenia …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) global pandemic has already had an
unprecedented impact on populations around the world, and is anticipated to have a …

Increased in-hospital mortality from COVID-19 in patients with schizophrenia

G Fond, V Pauly, V Orleans, F Antonini, C Fabre… - L'encephale, 2021 - Elsevier
Background There is limited information describing the presenting characteristics and
outcomes of patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) requiring hospitalization for coronavirus …

Severe mental illness is associated with increased mortality and severe course of COVID‐19

CA Barcella, C Polcwiartek, GH Mohr… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Psychiatric disorders have been associated with unfavourable outcome following
respiratory infections. Whether this also applies to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 in people with schizophrenia: potential mechanisms linking schizophrenia to poor prognosis

M Mohan, BI Perry, P Saravanan, SP Singh - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As the global burden of mortality from COVID-19 continues to rise, an understanding of who
is most at risk of adverse outcomes is of paramount importance. Pre-existing …