Experience of psychosis during the COVID-19 pandemic among hospitalized patients
Psychosis January 6, 2022 Julia G. Lebovitz, Chris Ahnallen, T. M. Luhrmann 1 citation
COVID-19 influenced the content of auditory hallucinations and delusions for many people with psychosis, but the effect was not uniform. Some patients reported that ideas about the virus appeared in their hallucinations and shaped paranoid thoughts, and a few felt the frequency or loudness of voices increased. Others said the virus had not affected their experience. The increased social isolation, financial insecurity, and socio-political climate of the pandemic period also seemed to negatively impact individuals with psychosis. The findings illustrate how societal and external factors can shape the experience of psychosis.