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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Khatib, Mohamad Y.
• Mahgoub, Omer B.
• Elzain, Marwa
• Ahmed, Amna A.
• Mohamed, Ahmed S.
• Nashwan, Abdulqadir J.

Titel

Managing a patient with bipolar disorder associated with COVID‐19: A case report from Qatar

Ist Teil von

• Clinical case reports, 2021-04, Vol.9 (4), p.2285-2288

Ort / Verlag

England: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Wiley

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This case highlights an atypical presentation of a patient with unknown history of mental disease who has been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder associated with severe COVID‐19 symptoms. Neuroimaging was only positive for subtle white matter changes; he was treated with antipsychotics and mood‐stabilizing agents until he reached partial remission. The authors urge clinicians to consider the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on patients with mental illness and the urgent need for vigilant monitoring of presenting signs and symptoms. Laboratory investigations