Journal of International Psychiatry

Abstract: Objective Compare the differences of depression and anxiety levels in the patients with stable schizophrenia between the daily and outbreak of COVID-19, and analyze the differences of depression and anxiety among patients caused by different factors. Methods A total of 110 schizophrenia patients with stable conditions were selected from Shenyang mental health center before and during the COVID-19 epidemic, to review the score of HAMA and HAMD before the outbreak and investigate HAMA, HAMD scores during the epidemic period, a self-designed scale was used to investigate the duration of exposure to epidemic information, the number of times doctors reported the epidemic, and the number of calls from family members, Compare the results and do correlation analysis. Results during the epidemic period HAMA score of patients was significantly higher than that before the epidemic (P<0.01)，There was no significant difference between the HAMD score before and during the epidemic (P > 0.05)，HAMA score was positively correlated with the duration of exposure to epidemic information，There was a negative correlation with the number of times doctors reported the epidemic (r=-4.76, P<0.01) and he number of calls from family members (r=-0.69, P<0.01). Conclusion the patients with stable schizophrenia were significantly increased anxiety during the epidemic period. During the epidemic period, the time of patients exposure to the epidemic information should be reduced, the number of times doctors reported the epidemic and the number of family members calls to patients should be appropriately increased

COVID-19 ; schizophrenia; anxiety; depression