One in three experience brain or mind disorders after COVID-19: study
Anxiety and depression are the most common sequelae, large study shows
One third of people who have COVID-19 are diagnosed with a neurological or psychiatric disorder within six months, investigators report.
Their findings should spur “urgent research” to understand the mechanisms, they say.
The UK-led researchers analysed health records of 236,379 patients with COVID-19, largely from the US.
Most of the 14 brain disorders examined were significantly more common in these 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.
