Lecture at AGU sheds light on close connection between Covid-19 and Psychological Health
- Date: 19-Jan-2021
- Source: Bizbahrain
- Sector:Healthcare
- Country:Middle East
Lecture at AGU sheds light on close connection between Covid-19 and Psychological Health
The Arabian Gulf University (AGU) recently hosted a lecture on the impacts of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on psychological health.
Delivered by Psychiatry Department Head at AGU Dr Mariwan Husni, the lecture was titled "The Psychological Effects of Covid-19 after an Immune Cure“ and it discussed the recent discovery of the existence of a two-way relation between psychological health and the pandemic.
In the lecture, which was attended by more than 230 physicians, Dr Husni explained that studies conducted on more than 62,000 Covid-19 patients in America have proven that people who were diagnosed with a psychological illness in the immediate year before their infection with Covid-19 are more likely to contract the virus.
He also clarified that patients' psychological illness complicates after their infection with the virus, while on the other hand, people diagnosed with Covid-19 are more vulnerable to psychological illness during and after contracting the virus.
"Cases of anxiety, depression and even dementia increase after infection with Covid-19, compared to influenza and infection of the respiratory system,“ Dr Husni told the attendees before reviewing with them the mechanism of the body's immune response and how the cytokine storm occurs.
Dr Husni also presented some of