COVID-19 survivors and neuropsychological issues: A way forward

Background: This brief article focuses on highlighting the importance of possible neuropsychological manifestations among the Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) survivors Studies have evidenced that like other Coronaviruses, COVID-19 is highly contagious and also responsible for the development of mild to severe respiratory symptoms As COVID-19 is a recently emerged pandemic that has resulted in more than six hundred thousand deaths around the globe as of July 2020 and most of the researches has focused on the physical manifestations Purpose: The purpose of this review article was to highlight the importance of COVID-19 infection in perspective to mental health in those patients who mange to survive Methodology: For this purpose, an intensive literature review was conducted through different scientific search engines including PubMed, Google Scholars, Science Direct, etc Results and Conclusion: There is very limited data available on manifestations including psychological and neuropsychological Studies have shown that viral infections including viruses from Coronaviridae have been implicated in the nervous system including the brain So, it is important to investigate the post-COVID-19 infection in neuropsychological aspects Such studies will highlight the importance of post-COVID-19 complications and will also help in redesigning the treatment plan for mental health [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care is the property of Department of Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts )