New Study: COVID-19 raises the risk of some mental disorders.

The study, published in Lancet Psychiatry Journal, said that disorders took place within the first 14 to 90 days of diagnosis among surviving patients.

Researchers concluded after examining the electronic health records of 69 million people in the United States, including over 62,000 cases of COVID-19.

Researchers said that patients diagnosed anxiety, depression, and insomnia during their analysis. However, they found that some patients were in the highest risk of developing madness that affected some 50 million worldwide. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of madness and often includes 60-70 percent of total cases.

“on patients without previous psychiatric history, a diagnosis of COVID-19 was accompanied by an increased epidemic of a first psychiatric diagnosis in the following 14 to 90 days compared to six other health events”, the study says.

Furthermore, those with a pre-existing mental disorder had 65 percent more risk of contracting with COVID-19 compared to those without psychiatric disorders. Researchers said the findings confirmed common fears regarding COVID-19 that it would affect patients' mental health.

“People have been concerned that COVIID-19 survivors will be more threatened by mental health problems and our findings show that this is likely”, said Paul Harrison, a professor of psychiatry at Oxford University in Britain, adding that health care experts worldwide should urgently investigate the causes and come up with new treatments for postal disorders - CO VID.