Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

August 17, 2020

Bidirectional Associations between COVID-19 and Psychiatric Disorder a Study of 62354 COVID-19 Cases

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  • [Preprint, not peer-reviewed] Taquet et al. used anonymized electronic health record data from 69 million patients in the US, including over 62,000 cases of COVID-19, to identify relationships between COVID-19 episodes and adverse mental health consequences. They report that among patients with no prior psychiatric history, COVID-19 was associated with an increased incidence of psychiatric diagnoses in the three months after infection compared to other health events (HR range 1.6-2.2). A psychiatric diagnosis in the previous year was associated with a 65% higher incidence of COVID-19 (p<0.001).  

Taquet et al. (Aug 16, 2020). Bidirectional Associations between COVID-19 and Psychiatric Disorder a Study of 62354 COVID-19 Cases. Pre-print downloaded Aug 17 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.14.20175190