Just what you need!The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted upon every facet of our lives, and the putative effects on population mental health and well-being have recently been highlighted (Holmes What some may not be aware of is that pandemics have long been associated with major mental illness, the best example being another respiratory infection; the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-9.In this narrative review, written before the genesis of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kapinska et al (Kępińska Can the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-9 teach us something about the possible links between COVID-19 and severe mental illness?The authors present the classic paper written by Karl Menninger in 1926, in which he outlined a case series of people who had experienced influenza, subsequently admitted to the Boston Psychopathic Hospital with acute psychoses.

When writing this to mark the centenary of the Spanish influenza pandemic the authors (like the rest of the world) could not have envisaged COVID-19 and its widespread effects.The authors present a logical argument as to how one would examine a potential risk factor, in terms of putting together the epidemiological literature, and then discussing possible causal mechanisms. No spin. They cite work linking the 1957 influenza epidemic to increased incidence in offspring, using Finnish population data. He received a Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh JMAS Sim Fellowship in 2018, enabling him to build on work examining the presynaptic dopamine system in affective psychoses. What will be vital is accurate assessment of psychiatric, and psychotic symptoms in people who have had mild and more severe forms of COVID 19, and use of techniques such as structural MRI or more novel imaging to ascertain possible markers of CNS involvement.Another way of making sense of the relevance of influenza to the current pandemic is the suggestion that infection may be one of a number of “hits” along a causal pathway, and that it may confer increased risk, which may need to be mitigated against in the short and longer-term, to prevent development of psychotic illness.It’s vital that we implement accurate assessment of psychiatric and psychotic symptoms in people who have had mild and severe forms of COVID-19.Sameer Jauhar (SJ) has received honorarium from Sunovian for educational talks, and King’s College London (KCL) has received renumeration for educational talks SJ has given for Lundbeck.SJ has worked at the same institution as the authors (IoPPN, KCL), and published with one of the authors: Robin Murray.SJ is funded by a JMAS SIM fellowship form the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh and the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London.Menninger, K. A.
Flu pandemics, schizophrenia and the immune system: could history repeat itself? He is best known for saying, ‘The tide began turning at the end of the last century. When we are low in mental health , we have a weaker immune system ,” says Dr Hannah Reidy, CEO of non-profit group Mind HK. Clinically, he has worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Early Intervention in Psychosis since 2012, throughout South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. Follow-up after 1-5 years indicated that two-thirds of these people had significant recovery, which would not have been the case in classical examples of dementia praecox (Menninger, 1926).The authors then cover the “seasonality of birth” hypothesis of schizophrenia, where an excess incidence of schizophrenia was noted in children born in winter/spring, implicating a winter-borne virus in the aetiology of the illness. Stress, by and large, involves too much: too many pressures that demand too much of you physically and mentally. a cumulative risk factor for later illness, linking this to the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia.This narrative review suggests that influenza infection in utero could be a cumulative risk factor for later development of schizophrenia in the offspring.The review then focuses on relating the immune response to increased schizophrenia risk. Psychiatrist Dr James Lake, who was previously at Stanford University, is a pioneer in the field of integrative mental health and has written extensively on the medical and mental benefits of meditation, mindfulness training, yoga, and other mind-body practices.Closer to home, Professor Cecilia Chan Lai-wan, Si Yuan Chair Professor in Health and Social Work at the University of Hong Kong, has done much work in this field.Chan says: “We conducted a study of people with chronic insomnia. The difference between stress and burnout. People with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems are at greater risk of more serious illness if they are infected with coronavirus (COVID-19). “Having a better level of mental health will boost your immune system. Then let us know. It is worth noting that influenza did not come out as a strong risk factor for psychosis in a recent umbrella review (Radua A limitation is the nature of the paper itself; a narrative review, as opposed to a systematic review. The authors point out that these findings were not replicated in subsequent ecological studies. maternal immune activation or autoimmunity) may increase the risk of the offspring developing schizophrenia.Before drawing conclusions, the authors propose a number of new research questions brought up by their review. (1926) ‘Influenza and schizophrenia’, Do you have a suggestion for a paper? [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y56vevSw7r0&feature=emb_logo[/embed]The mind-body connection works both ways. It can also strengthen your immune system, alleviate pain, relieve stress, and keep you motivated to pursue the other steps to improve mental …
He also has a keen interest in evidence-based medicine and treatments, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological in affective and psychotic illness. I was her friend, since school.

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