Acute Covid patients have had some psychological and psychiatric symptoms, but what is now more relevant is the Long Covid or Post Covid psychological and psychiatric symptoms.
This may be due to direct effects of the virus on the brain, it also affects on the psyche and mind, social effects and economic impact altogether," news agency ANI quoted Dr Nimesh Desai, former Director, of IHBAS. "As such care for long or post covid syndromes should be many medical specialities including psychiatry," he added.
World Mental Health Day is celebrated on 10 October to raise awareness and advocate against social stigma. The slogan for 2022's celebration of World Mental health Day is “Make mental health & well-being for all a global priority." It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries.
Vikas Gaur, Head of the Psychiatry Department at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad explained that after physically recovering from Covid, from the third week onwards, many patients have reported mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and sleep disorders. "These are new cases due to the neuro-psychiatric manifestation of Long Covid.