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Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-positive psychiatric in-patients: A case-control study in the psychiatric wards of a Great Metropolitan Hospital in Milan

2022; Elsevier BV; Volume: 322; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.psychres.2022.115042

1872-7123

Mauro Percudani, Adelaide Panariello, Giacomo Deste, Roberta Bassetti, Giuseppina Borriello, Filippo Cecchetto, Valerio Di Marco, Alessio Falini, Gabriele Nibbio, Irene Calzavara‐Pinton, Domenico Gulizia, Andrea Lassini, Lisa Lavatelli, Deborah Levi, Francesca Lise, F. Malchiodi, Lorenzo Mosca, Piccinini Gianluca, Anna Radice, Giuseppina Romagnoni, Francesca Ruzzi, Stefania Turati, Alberto Zanobio, Antonio Vita,

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

During the first Covid-19 outbreak, the Niguarda Hospital of Milan featured two Psychiatry wards, one for SARS-CoV-2 positive patient and one for patients requiring hospitalization and negative for SARS-CoV-2. The two groups of patients were compared and were similar in distribution of psychiatric diagnosis, duration of illness and previous hospitalizations. SARS-CoV-2 positive participants had a lower severity of symptoms both at admission and discharge, a lower frequency of psychotic symptoms and substance intoxication at admission. These findings suggest that patients admitted to the COVID ward were hospitalized not only for their mental health condition but also because of the infection.