“The World Will End and No One Can Save Us”: A Case Series of COVID-Related Exacerbation of Psychosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Souparno Mitra, MD^a,; Samuel Rothman, MD^a; Panagiota Korenis, MD^a

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2022;24(1):21cr03121

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