Six UK studies have also received £2 million in funding to investigate the impact of coronavirus on mental health.
Health Psychiatric disorders include anxiety, depression, and insomnia. So much remains unknown about the longterm effects of coronavirus, but a new study seems to suggest that more needs to be done to mitigate the impact on mental health of COVID patients specifically. Per the Guardian, almost one in five COVID-19 patients are «diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within three months of testing positive for the virus.» Among those disorders: anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Researchers from the University of Oxford and NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Center found that those with a pre-existing mental health diagnosis are also «65% more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19 than those without,» the Guardian writes.
