Should people with severe mental illness be prioritized for the covid-19 vaccination?

Yuan Yang; Wen Li; Qinge Zhang; Ling Zhang; Teris Cheung; Chee H. Ng; Yu Tao Xiang

doi:10.7150/ijbs.57750

Should people with severe mental illness be prioritized for the covid-19 vaccination?

Yuan Yang, Wen Li, Qinge Zhang, Ling Zhang, Teris Cheung, Chee H. Ng, Yu Tao Xiang

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world, affecting many vulnerable populations including patients with severe mental illness (SMI). Recent studies have found that patients with SMI compared to the general population could have a greater risk of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 due to cognitive impairment, poor awareness of risk, and difficulties in complying with infection control measures. Although some researchers have suggested that patients with SMI should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination to reduce the risk of infection, this issue remains controversial.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1443-1445
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Biological Sciences
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.57750
Publication status	Published - Apr 2021

Keywords

COVID-19
Severe mental illness
Vaccination

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology

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More information

10.7150/ijbs.57750

http://hdl.handle.net/10397/91306

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abstract = "The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world, affecting many vulnerable populations including patients with severe mental illness (SMI). Recent studies have found that patients with SMI compared to the general population could have a greater risk of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 due to cognitive impairment, poor awareness of risk, and difficulties in complying with infection control measures. Although some researchers have suggested that patients with SMI should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination to reduce the risk of infection, this issue remains controversial.",

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note = "Funding Information: The study was supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project for investigational new drug (2018ZX09201-014), the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (No. Z181100001518005), and the University of Macau (MYRG2019-00066-FHS). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The author(s).",

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