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A new study from the Grossman School of Medicine at New York University shows that people with schizophrenia, a mental disorder that affects mood and perception of reality, are nearly three times more likely to die from the Corona virus than those without mental illness.

According to a report in the journal Neuroscience, the researchers said that the high risks of people with schizophrenia cannot be explained by other factors that often accompany serious mental health disorders, such as high rates of heart disease, diabetes and smoking.

The study showed that schizophrenia is by far the greatest risk factor in increasing the risk of death by 2.7 times, followed by the age factor, where after the age of 75 years or more, the odds of death increase by 35.7 times, and the male sex and heart disease and race came next after schizophrenia.

People with schizophrenia are extremely vulnerable to the effects of the Coronavirus and with this new understanding, health care providers can better prioritize vaccine deployment, testing, and medical care for this group, said Caitlin Niemany, research assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at New York University and the author of the study.

The study also showed that people suffering from other psychological problems such as mood or anxiety disorders were not more likely to die from infection with the Corona virus, and since the beginning of the epidemic, experts have searched for risk factors that make people more likely to succumb to the disease to strengthen protection measures and allocate limited resources to the most people. Need.

Although previous studies have linked mental disorders in general to an increased risk of dying from the virus, the relationship between Coronavirus and schizophrenia specifically has remained unclear. A higher risk of death among people with schizophrenia was expected, the researchers said, but not as large as the study found.

The results of the new study indicate that there may be something about the biology of schizophrenia itself that makes those who suffer from it more susceptible to infection with Corona virus and other viral infections, and the researchers said that one possible explanation is a disorder in the immune system, which may be related to the genes of the disorder.