Study: 1 in 3 COVID-19 survivors develop mental health problems within 6 months
Briona Arradondo reports
TAMPA, Fla. - A new study shows COVID-19 affects the mind and the brain in significant ways after researchers found a third of people who survive the virus develop mental health or brain disorders they never had before.
The study was published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal in April where researchers looked at data from about 236,000 COVID-19 survivors. They found about 1 in 3 developed mental health or brain disorders within the six months after their infection, including anxiety, depression, insomnia, nerve disorders, or even a stroke. The psych burden tended to decline a little over the six months that they studied people, that’s all they did, it was still there at the end. So it’s not like it always goes away on its own. You might need help with it, said Dr. Glenn Currier, the chair of the College of Medicine Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the Universi
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