Clinical and psychopathological assessment of the reaction in-patients to pandemic of a new coronavirus infection
The level of affective disorders was carried out using the DASS-21 scale in patients with serious forms of mental pathology in a psychiatric hospital. The degree of their involvement in their experiences in the situational impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is shown. 323 patients of both sexes were examined. It was found that 1/5 (20.4%) of all patients in a psychiatric hospital (men and women) were hospitalized for mental exacerbation only as a result of worries about the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and, probably, lifestyle changes due to epidemiological restrictions. The greatest susceptibility to the influence of the pandemic situation was observed in patients from cluster F30 (mood disorders) by the frequency of occurrence and severity of depression; and cluster F40 (neurotic disorders) according to the frequency of occurrence of disorders; and the least severity of signs was noted in patients from the F20 cluster (schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders). Such circumstances suggest an additional burden on inpatient mental health services during the current COVID-19 pandemic.