Health experts are increasingly concerned by evidence of higher risks of brain and mental health disorders among COVID-19 survivors. A previous study found last year that 20% of COVID-19 survivors were diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within three months. New findings, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, analyzed health records of 236,379 COVID-19 patients, mostly from the United States, and found 34% had been diagnosed with neurological or psychiatric illnesses within six months. The disorders were significantly more common in COVID-19 patients than in comparison groups of people who recovered from flu or other respiratory infections over the same time period, the scientists said, suggesting COVID-19 had a specific impact.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brain-idUSKBN2BT2ZI

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2021/brain-disorders-in-covid-survivors.html

So, could the Corona pandemic lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems? If yes, how this will happen?

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