{"id":47318,"date":"2022-04-15T15:46:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T22:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=47318"},"modified":"2022-04-15T17:47:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T00:47:35","slug":"mental-illness-may-raise-risk-of-breakthrough-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=47318","title":{"rendered":"MENTAL ILLNESS MAY RAISE RISK OF BREAKTHROUGH COVID-19\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

People who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and have a history of certain mental illness may have an elevated risk of breakthrough infections,\u00a0according to a new study<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco looked at data from 263,697 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs patients who had completed their\u00a0vaccines and had at least one COVID-19 test. Slightly more than 51 percent received at least one psychiatric diagnosis within the last five years and 14.8 percent experienced a breakthrough COVID-19 infection.<\/p>\n

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Patients over 65 with substance abuse disorder, psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, adjustment disorder and anxiety had\u00a0increased risks of up to 24 percent for a breakthrough COVID-19 infection while patients younger than 65\u00a0faced 11 percent greater risk of a breakthrough case than those without a history of mental illness.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur research suggests that increased breakthrough infections in people with psychiatric disorders cannot be entirely explained by socio-demographic factors or pre-existing conditions,\u201d\u00a0said the study\u2019s senior author<\/a>\u00a0Aoife O\u2019Donovan. \u201cIt\u2019s possible that immunity following vaccination wanes more quickly or more strongly for people with psychiatric disorders and\/or they could have less protection to newer variants.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMental health is important to consider in conjunction with other risk factors,\u201d she continued,\u00a0\u201cand some patients should be prioritized for boosters and other critical preventive efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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