Mental health condition can contribute to the
severity of COVID-19 or causing severe COVID-19 condition as the news said. The
psychiatric comorbidity cause severe COVID-19 if one has it as the news said.
“People with depression or
anxiety are at increased risk for all sorts of infections, not just Covid-19.”(Elemental)
“Why do
psychiatric disorders increase one’s risk of infection and more severe disease
following infection? In my paper published
in the Frontiers of Neuroscience earlier this year, we
detailed the “chronic stress response loop” concept. Herein, any stressors
(including psychological ones like depression and anxiety) create a disorder in
the interlinked body systems — such as the gut, nervous, and immune systems. This
disorder is only short term once the stressor resolves, and the body later
heals. The problem arises when the stressor becomes chronic, which hinders
recovery, and the disorder persists. As a result, the body systems weaken and
are less apt to deal with stressors — whether psychological or environmental.
That’s why we see depressed people often stay depressed and get ill easier.”(Elemental)
“Common
psychiatric illnesses, such as depression and anxiety, could make a person more
prone to infections, as supported in theory and clinical settings. Considering
the hundreds of millions of people with depression or anxiety disorders
worldwide, it is not illogical to expect that psychiatric disorders account for
a portion of the total health toll of infections — including Covid-19.”(Elemental)
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