Huazhen Yang, Lei Yang, Wenwen Chen, Yu Zeng, Yanan Zhang, Yuling Tang, Huolin Zeng, Di Yang, Yuanyuan Qu, Yao Hu, Di Liu, Jie Song, Fang Fang, Unnur A Valdimarsdóttir, Qian Li, Huan Song
Pre-existing psychiatric disorders were linked to an increased susceptibility to COVID-19 during the initial outbreak of the pandemic, while evidence during Omicron prevalence is lacking. Leveraging data from two prospective cohorts in China, we identified incident Omicron infections between January 2023 and April 2023. Participants with a self-reported history or self-rated symptoms of depression or anxiety before the Omicron pandemic were considered the exposed group, whereas the others were considered unexposed...
May 16, 2024: Molecular Psychiatry