Mental Illness Tied to COVID-19 Breakthrough Infection
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Psychiatric disorders remained significantly associated with incident breakthrough infections above and beyond sociodemographic and medical factors, suggesting that mental health is important to consider in conjunction with other risk factors
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@pawan The researchers reviewed the records of 263,697 veterans who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Just over a half (51.4%) had one or more psychiatric diagnoses within the last 5 years and 14.8% developed breakthrough COVID-19 infections, confirmed by a positive SARS-CoV-2 test. Psychiatric diagnoses among the veterans included depression, post-traumatic stress, anxiety, adjustment disorder, substance use disorder, bipolar disorder, psychosis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dissociation, and eating disorders.