How Different Pre-existing Mental Disorders and Their Co-occurrence Affects COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes? A Real-World Data Study in the Southern United States

• Main Authors: Shan Qiao (Author), Jiajia Zhang (Author), Shujie Chen (Author), Bankole Olatosi (Author), Suzanne Hardeman (Author), Meera Narasimhan (Author), Larisa Bruner (Author), Abdoulaye Diedhiou (Author), Cheryl Scott (Author), Ali Mansaray (Author), Sharon Weissman (Author), Xiaoming Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundAlthough a psychiatric history might be an independent risk factor for COVID-19 infection and mortality, no studies have systematically investigated how different clusters of pre-existing mental disorders may affect COVID-19 clinical outcomes or showed how the coexistence of mental disorde...