Covid-19 linked with higher risk of psychiatric disorders, study suggests

The researchers caution that their findings relate to a study in the US (Jane Barlow/PA)

Having coronavirus may be linked to an increase in a person’s risk of psychiatric disorders, and having a psychiatric disorder is linked to an increased chance of contracting Covid-19, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the University of Oxford, department of psychiatry and NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, used the TriNetX electronic health records of 69 million people in the US, including more than 62,000 cases of Covid-19.