Astrocytes and the psychiatric sequelae of COVID-19: What we learned from the pandemic

L Steardo Jr, L Steardo, C Scuderi - Neurochemical Research, 2023 - Springer
COVID-19, initially regarded as specific lung disease, exhibits an extremely broad spectrum
of symptoms. Extrapulmonary manifestations of the disease also include important …

PANDAS/PANS in the COVID-19 age: autoimmunity and Epstein–Barr virus reactivation as trigger agents?

S Pallanti, M Di Ponzio - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 impacted the entire world's population, frequently resulting in long-lasting
neuropsychiatric complications. Furthermore, social distancing, lockdowns and fear for one's …

PTSD trajectories across different mental disorders in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a naturalistic, longitudinal, multicenter study

C Carmassi, S Tosato, CA Bertelloni… - … Review of Psychiatry, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The potentially traumatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in subjects with pre-existing
mental disorders is still unclear, especially regarding its long-term consequences. The aim …

Closing the gap for children with OCD: a staged-care model of cognitive behavioural therapy with exposure and response prevention

LJ Farrell, AM Waters, EA Storch, G Simcock… - Clinical Child and …, 2023 - Springer
Childhood obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is among the most prevalent and
disabling mental health conditions affecting children and adolescents. Although the distress …

Association between previous SARs-CoV-2 infection and new prescription of antidepressant drugs: a case-control study in Friuli Venezia Giulia region, Italy

V Rosolen, L Castriotta, M Driutti, U Albert… - European Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose A rise in affective and anxiety disorders and in antidepressant (AD) treatment
during the COVID-19 pandemic has been extensively described, but few studies were …

Effects of strict COVID-19 lockdown on patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder compared to a clinical and a nonclinical sample

G D'Urso, A Magliacano, B Dell'Osso… - European …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Background Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been reported to
increase during the COVID-19 lockdowns because of the hygiene requirements related to …

Depression and anxiety symptoms “Among the waves” of the COVID-19 pandemic in obsessive compulsive disorder and adjustment disorder patients

G D'Urso, MV Pomes, A Magliacano, C Iuliano… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated restrictions caused great psychological
suffering to the general population and psychiatric patients. We aimed to explore the course …

[HTML][HTML] Self-harm presentations to hospital trauma centre emergency departments during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

M Gordon, N Jayakumar, C Atzema, DJ Korczak… - Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic raised concerns regarding increased suicide-related behaviours.
We compared characteristics and counts of Emergency Department (ED) presentations for …

Randomized trial on the effects of an EMDR intervention on traumatic and obsessive symptoms during the COVID-19 quarantine: a psychometric study

M Miccoli, A Poli - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic was a potentially traumatic
occurrence that may have induced generalized anxiety and discomfort, particularly in …

Longitudinal trajectories of anxiety and depression in subjects with different mental disorders after one year in the COVID-19 pandemic

C Carmassi, S Tosato, V Pedrinelli, CA Bertelloni… - Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to prospectively assess the development and trajectories of
anxiety and depressive symptoms among subjects with different mental disorders, during the …