Psicologia Anormal e Comportamental

A Scoping Review of the Psychiatric Effects of Long-COVID

Abstract

Roberto Maniglio*

The COVID-19 pandemic was a novel type of traumatic event, affecting the general population worldwide and causing significant disruption to daily life. A new urgent concern is the burden associated with COVID-19 symptoms that persist after infection, known as long-COVID syndrome. The purpose of this paper is to:describe the most common psychiatric symptoms reported by patients with long-COVID syndrome evaluate methodological discrepancies among available studies; and inform clinicians and policymakers on potential strategies to promote in order to manage the psychiatric consequences of long-COVID syndrome. The current review included twenty-one papers, the majority of which used a cross-sectional or cohort design. The definitions of long-COVID syndrome differed significantly.