Lecture at AGU sheds light on close connection between Covid-19 and Psychological Health

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