Thread by @csmony, Very informative #virtual #journalclub @MaudsleyNHS @KingsIoPPN @ioppnjc on Sir Robin Murray’s paper [...]

Very informative #virtual #journalclub @MaudsleyNHS @KingsIoPPN @ioppnjc on Sir Robin Murray’s paper on “ could history repeat itself?The influenza pandemic of 1918,schizophrenia& immune system “ well chaired by @sameerjauhar @tompollak @MTPPsych @MicrosoftTeams

@sameerjauhar ‘s blog about this paper @Mental_Elf https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/schizophrenia/flu-pandemics-schizophrenia-and-the-immune-system/

Flu pandemics, schizophrenia and the immune system

Sameer Jauhar summarises a recent narrative review about the risk of schizophrenia linked to the Spanish Influenza Pandemic over 100 years ago.

https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/schizophrenia/flu-pandemics-schizophrenia-and-the-immune-system/

Here’s the link to original paper https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00072/full

Schizophrenia and Influenza at the Centenary of the 1918-1919 Spanish Influenza Pandemic: Mechani...

Associations between influenza infection and psychosis have been reported since the eighteenth century, with acute “psychoses of influenza” documented during multiple pandemics. In the late 20th...

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00072/full

This paper reiterates “ the possible effects of maternal influenza infection on subsequent development of schizophrenia in offspring (encompassing neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia)and discuss possible causal models between immune system dysfunction&schizophrenia”

There could be epigenetic effects and maternal immune activation that could lead to subsequent impact on offsprings in cases of maternal infections with the virus
#COVID19 #maternalmentalhealth

@NeuroCov is looking into neuropsychiatric manifestations in patients infected with #COVID19
https://twitter.com/neurocov/status/1252712207806279680?s=21 https://twitter.com/neurocov/status/1252712207806279680

https://twitter.com/neurocov/status/1252712207806279680?s=21

“The Repeated Assessment of Mental health in Pandemics (RAMP) study aims to measure the mental health and wellbeing of the population throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and examine what factors influence these changes”
https://twitter.com/rampstudy/status/1252893744803786753?s=21 https://twitter.com/rampstudy/status/1252893744803786753

https://twitter.com/rampstudy/status/1252893744803786753?s=21

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