id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-343876-2inr4mcy Xie, Qin COVID-19 patients managed in psychiatric inpatient settings due to first-episode mental disorders in Wuhan, China: clinical characteristics, treatments, outcomes, and our experiences 2020-10-02 .txt text/plain 4834 215 40 During the outbreak of COVID-19, the selection of an appropriate treatment setting for COVID-19 patients with mental disorders is a dilemma: in respiratory treatment settings these patients are more likely to not adhere with The main findings of this comparative study are 1) adjustment disorder and acute and transient psychotic disorders, with associated acute stress were the main clinical diagnoses in the COVID-19 group and some other disorders had their organic basis such as delirium due to infection and chloroquine-induced psychosis, while serious mental illnesses (SMIs) and alcohol use disorders were overrepresented in the control group, a common feature of inpatients of most Chinese psychiatric hospitals; 2) a wide range of psychiatric symptoms were found in COVID-19 patients with mental disorders on admission, including psychotic symptoms, aggressive behaviors, and anxiety symptoms; 3) the most common respiratory symptom of COVID-19 patients was cough, followed by fever, chills, and fatigue; and 4) mental disorders and COVID-19 of most patients were successfully treated after symptomatic and supportive treatments, including conventional psychotropic treatment and antiviral treatment, and, COVID-19 patients left the hospital earlier than psychiatric patients without COVID-19, on average by 16 days after admission. ./cache/cord-343876-2inr4mcy.txt ./txt/cord-343876-2inr4mcy.txt