Depressive Symptoms among Individuals Hospitalized with COVID-19: Three-Month Follow-Up.
Paolo VassaliniRiccardo SerraLorenzo TarsitaniAlexia E KoukopoulosCristian BorrazzoFederica AlessiChiara Di NicolantonioCecilia TosatoFrancesco AlessandriGiancarlo CeccarelliClaudio Maria MastroianniGabriella d'EttorrePublished in: Brain sciences (2021)
A small but clinically meaningful number of participants in the current study reported that they experienced symptoms of depression and suicidal ideation 3 months post-discharge from their COVID-19 hospitalization. In particular, given the findings that a history of prior psychiatric disorders was predictive of the development of depression symptoms, clinicians should carefully monitor for the presence of all psychiatric symptoms at follow-up visits.