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Covid 19, lockdown and brief psychotic disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

J. Gonçalves Cerejeira ,
I. Santos Carrasco ,
C. Capella Meseguer ,
E. Rodríguez Vázquez ,
M. Óscar ,
M. Queipo De Llano ,
G. Guerra Valera  and
A. Gonzaga Ramírez
J. Gonçalves Cerejeira*
Affiliation:
Psiquiatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
I. Santos Carrasco
Affiliation:
Psiquiatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
C. Capella Meseguer
Affiliation:
Psiquiatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
E. Rodríguez Vázquez
Affiliation:
Psiquiatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
M. Óscar
Affiliation:
Psiquiatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, VALLADOLID, Spain
M. Queipo De Llano
Affiliation:
Psichiatry, hospital clinico universitario de Valladolid, VALLADOLID, Spain
G. Guerra Valera
Affiliation:
Psiquiatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
A. Gonzaga Ramírez
Affiliation:
Psiquiatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Acute and transient psychotic disorders are a rare condition entity as the sudden appearance of affective, confusional symptoms and paranoia triggered by some psychological trauma. The current pandemic caused by COVID-19 is an important psychological stressor that could favor the appearance of acute psychotic disorders. Several studies have been recently published proposing that the multifactorial stress associated with lockdown could function as a catalyst for acute psychotic disorders.

Objectives

To present a case of a brief psychotic disorder during the national lockdown in Spain and to review the literature about the relationship between the current pandemic and psychosis.

Methods

We will present a case report and a literature review.

Results

We report a case of a 27-year-old woman, with no previous psychiatric history. Three weeks after the start of Spain lockdown sudden symptoms appeared with psychomotor restlessness, confused speech, emotional lability, thought blocking and persecutory and referential delusions. Physical exam, blood analysis and cerebral CT scan with no alterations. Treatment was performed with aripiprazole 10 mg and lorazepam 1 mg daily with clinical improvement in one weeks. She was diagnosed of Acute transient psychotic disorder.

Conclusions

Stressful life events that can trigger psychosis in vulnerable individuals and the current pandemic and lockdown context could favor the appearance of acute psychotic disorders. The case reported here is in line with other current studies that show a preliminary intuition of this trend.

Keywords

brief psychotic disorderlockdown
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S543
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