Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection
  • Danny Epstein
    Department of Internal Medicine “B”, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
  • Wisam Andrawis
    Department of Internal Medicine ‘B’, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
  • Ari M Lipsky
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
  • Hiba Abu Ziad
    Infectious Diseases Unit, Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poria, Israel
  • Moshe Matan
    Intensive Care Unit, Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poria, Israel

Keywords

Suicidality, COVID-19, distress, isolation, quarantine

Abstract

We describe a case of a young man admitted to due to mild COVID-19 infection. During his hospitalization in an isolation ward, he had no respiratory distress or fever but developed symptoms consistent with anxiety and insomnia. Despite the appropriate supportive intervention, on hospital day 7, he attempted suicide by jumping from the third-floor ward. The patient was urgently operated and transferred to level I trauma center under strict isolation. Our findings emphasize the importance of mental health aspects during the treatment of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

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    Published: 2020-04-09
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 5 (view)

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    Epstein D, Andrawis W, Lipsky AM, Ziad HA, Matan M. Anxiety and Suicidality in a Hospitalized Patient with COVID-19 Infection. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_001651.