Post-COVID Psychosis: A Case Report
Rohan Yarlagadda1* and Dhrupad Joshi2
1Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, USA
2California University of Science and Medicine School of Medicine, Colton, CA, USA
*Corresponding Author: Rohan Yarlagadda, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, USA.
Received: February 08, 2022 Published: February 21, 2022
Abstract
Long-COVID syndrome has been characterized by several different symptoms, most commonly including fatigue, cough, palpitations, and myalgia. Post-COVID Psychosis is a relatively uncommon form of Long-COVID syndrome that entails the development of residual psychotic symptoms following COVID-19 infection in a patient with no significant prior psychiatric history. Here, we describe the case of a 49-year-old female with no prior psychiatric history who presented with worsening mental status changes and acute development of delusions following a recent COVID-19 reinfection. She describes experiencing similar psychotic features after her initial COVID-19 infection in March 2020 and was treated by a psychiatrist with the antipsychotic quetiapine and lasted for approximately 11 months before resolving completely. Her reinfection in September 2021 triggered the reemergence of these psychotic features. While further testing is being completed to officially rule out other etiologies, the patient’s presenting symptoms in the context of her medical history along with temporal relation to her COVID infections and lack of other outward causes seem to suggest that she was experiencing Post- COVID psychosis.
Keywords: post-covid, psychosis, neuropsychiatry, psychotic features, delirium, long covid,
Citation: Yarlagadda R, Joshi D. “Post-COVID Psychosis: A Case Report ”. SVOA Neurology 3:2 (2022) Pages 30-35.
