European Psychiatry (Jun 2022)

High Resolution Covid Program. Purposely a case

  • N. Ogando Portilla,
  • S.M. Bañón González,
  • M. Martínez Cortés,
  • M. Agudo Urbanos,
  • R. Gutiérrez Labrador

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1382
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 65
pp. S540 – S541

Abstract

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Introduction The covid pandemic has become a unique phenomenon in world history with great impact on mental health. Objectives A great growth of anxious depressive pathology in relation to the Covid situation has appeared with the need to increase the psychiatric approach in the general population Methods A 58-year-old woman with no personal medical story of interest is referred to the high-resolution Covid program due to severe depressive symptoms: intense apathy, abulia, anhedonia, weight loss, insomnia and important social distancing after the beginning of the confinement due to the Covid Pandemic. 4 psychotherapy sessions are performed, with a maximum duration of 45 minutes. It is necessary to add antidepressant medication with sertraline up to 100mg to improve psychotherapeutic work. Results A complete recovery of symptoms is achieved even their severity with normalization of daily life. Conclusions Small psychotherapeutic interventions have been shown, even with critically ill patients, to be very effective in helping patients regain their baseline status. Disclosure No significant relationships.

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