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Association of psychiatric disorders with mortality among patients with COVID-19

2021-01-27
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: 
In this observational study of about 7,300 adults with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in a New York health system, a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis was associated with an increased risk of death after adjusting for demographic and medical risk factors. Mood and anxiety disorders weren't associated with increased risk of mortality.

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Donald C. Goff, M.D., of New York University Langone Medical Center in New York, is the corresponding author.

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