The psychiatric and neuropsychiatric repercussions associated with severe infections of COVID-19 and other coronaviruses.

Introduction: It is known that viral infections are epidemiologically prevalent and some of them are harmful to the central nervous system (CNS) due to the development of neuropsychiatric syndromes which affect the cognitive, affective, behavioral and perceptual domains.

Objective: To carry out a comprehensive analysis of the psychiatric and neuropsychiatric repercussions of COVID-19 based on epidemiological, pathophysiological and clinical foundations observed in previous and recent pandemic events, and also to make a proposition about effective therapeutic interventions to help tackle this serious public health problem, more specifically in its neuropsychiatric developments.

Method: This current literature review has utilized literature reserves and scientific search engines MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science.