Pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders and risk of COVID-19: a UK Biobank cohort analysis

Summary: Background: Psychiatric morbidities have been associated with a risk of severe infections through compromised immunity, health behaviours, or both. However, data are scarce on the association between multiple types of pre-pandemic psychiatric disorders and COVID-19. We aimed to assess the...

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Main Authors: Huazhen Yang, MS, Wenwen Chen, MS, Yao Hu, BS, Yilong Chen, MS, Yu Zeng, MS, Yajing Sun, MS, Zhiye Ying, MS, Junhui He, MS, Yuanyuan Qu, MA, Donghao Lu, PhD, Fang Fang, ProfPhD, Unnur A Valdimarsdóttir, ProfPhD, Huan Song, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:The Lancet. Healthy Longevity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666756820300131