[The SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and an Attempted Suicide of a Patient with Delusional Disorder].

[The SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and an Attempted Suicide of a Patient with Delusional Disorder]. Psychiatr Prax. 2020 May;47(4):218-220 Authors: Weise J, Schomerus G, Speerforck S Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic triggered increasing symptoms of an undiagnosed delusional disorder at a mid-60-year-old woman resulting in an attempted suicide. Because of a pandemic with noticeable and visible social changes, it seems likely that people with previously subclinical psychotic illnesses are more often admitted to psychiatric care for the first time. Building a therapeutic relationship and integrating her into an outpatient clinic was possible despite her lack of insight into the illness and her rejection of medical treatment. PMID: 32340051 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Psychiatrische Praxis - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatr Prax Source Type: research