Comments on an article by Maxime Taquet et al. (see record 2021-39396-023). Authors read with interest the Article by Maxime Taquet et al. that reports on the incidence rates of anxiety disorders after a COVID-19 diagnosis, and authors noted from the appendix that this outcome includes codes F40-F48 of the ICD-10. Given the known occurrence of developing post-traumatic stress disorder after admission to an intensive therapy unit, authors wondered if the authors had considered re-analyzing their data to assess the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder in survivors of COVID-19, including both those treated in intensive therapy units and those treated elsewhere? Authors would like to introduce the notion of reverse redeployment, in which health-care workers from general medicine might support mental health services, given the expected increased demand after this pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Neuropsychiatric disorders and COVID-19