In April 2020, a group of ICU doctors at the University Hospital of Strasbourg, France, published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM): New crown patients living in the ICU not only have symptoms of difficulty breathing, but many patients also have symptoms of dyspnea. Mental confusion, confusion, incoherence, and mostly young people in their 30s and 40s.This phenomenon surprised and panicked doctors[1]。
According to The New York Times (The New York Times) in December 2020, after a 30-year-old construction worker in New York contracted the new crown, he believed that relatives were going to murder him, and in order to protect himself, he tried to strangle each other in bed[2]。
There is also a 42-year-old woman with mild physical symptoms of the new crown infection. However, a few months later, she heard a voice in her head that made her kill herself, and that voice later made her kill her own child.
In April 2020, shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began, a group of psychiatrists from around the world published an authoritative commentary in The Lancet Psychiatry, calling for action on mental health issues during the pandemic[3]。
As early as June 2020, Robert Stevens, associate professor of critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the United States, said: “In fact, the only symptom of a large proportion of new crown patients is confusion.” He believes we are facing a “pandemic of neurological diseases”.And the mind and nerve are closely linked, so in fact, we are more like facing amental illnessthe pandemic[4]。
What is the difference between nerve and spirit?
First of all, what are the differences between nerves and spirits, and what exactly does spirit mean?
Neurological problems are more somatic and can be detected physiologically. Common neurological problems include: numbness, pain, coma, disturbance of consciousness.
On the basis of nerves, the spirit has risen to a dimension, which is farther away from the physical space seen by the naked eye, such as emotional disorders, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, and so on.
The Lancet Psychiatry published a British study in June 2020: Among 125 patients with new crowns with neurological and psychiatric symptoms reported by doctors, 31% had changes in mental status – changes in mental status are defined as personality , a dramatic change in behavior, cognition, or consciousness.49% of patients whose mental symptoms have been changed by the new crown are younger than 60 years old, and the proportion of young adults is not low.[5]。
And just recently, in August 2022, the Lancet Psychiatry further published an article oncoronavirusLarge-scale study of induced neuropsychiatric damage[6]。
This is a retrospective cohort analysis study led by Oxford University psychiatrist Paul Harrison (Paul Harrison), in collaboration with seven scientists from Cambridge and Oxford Universities in the UK.
The scope of this study includes 62 medical institutions in Europe, America, Asia, and Australia (including 8 countries including the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom); the study period is from January 2020 to April 2022, a total of 2 years3 months.
The study collected more than 1.28 million new crown cases, matched with the same number of other respiratory tract infection patients in the same period, and the age, gender, occupation, disease risk factors and vaccination status were balanced and comparable.
coronavirusIn addition to persistent risks of brain fog, dementia, which measure brain intelligence, etc., two years after infection, surprisingly, the risk of psychosis also continued to increase significantly.
It can be seen that mental damage caused by new coronavirus infection is common, lasts for a long time, and accounts for a large proportion of young people.
Mental disease also aggravates the disease!mental factorsChoshinkanRisk increases by 30-50%
Covid-19 can cause mental problems, which in turn can exacerbate disease.
A cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry on September 7, 2022 found that among 3,193 patients who were not previously infected but were infected with the new coronavirus during a 1-year follow-up, the negative emotions, such as depression,anxietystress, loneliness, and worries about the outbreak can lead toChoshinkan1.3 to 1.5 times the risk of[7]。
This risk even exceeds some of the well-known risks of Covid-19, including increasing age, smoking, diabetes, high blood lipids, high blood pressure, asthma, cancer or being overweight.
These are health risk factors that people tend to ignore. So, this just fits the old saying – seven out of seven mental illnesses, and now scientific research has proven this.
Why does the new coronavirus cause mental problems?
The new coronavirus attacks the respiratory system, why does it cause mental problems?
First of all, the new coronavirus has a direct damage and killing effect on the nerve cells of the brain, and can also directly damage the structure and function of the mitochondria of the brain, which is equivalent to destroying the power supply system of the brain, and of course the brain crashes.
In addition, the new coronavirus also increases pro-inflammatory factors in the body. A meta-analysis published in Molecular Psychiatry in 2016 noted that blood cytokines in patients with various types of psychosis share common features, including the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 ( IL-6) is particularly high[8]。
The new coronavirus causes a strong immune response in the body, releasing a large number of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including IL-6, which may damage the structure and function of nerve cells and increase the risk of psychosis[9]。
new coronavirusstabbing proteinIn itself, it induces the expression and secretion of IL-6 from human monocytes and macrophages, the first-line cells of the antiviral immune response.At present, almost all new crown vaccines contain spike protein components, so related mental system diseases can also be induced after the vaccine is administered[10]。
Covid-19 vaccine causes mental illness
Case reports from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Stony Brook University, New York, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Northport, New York, were published in October 2021 in Psychiatry Research.[11]。
There was a 31-year-old man with no history of mental illness.He behaved oddly and unpredictably after receiving the first dose of the mRNA new crown vaccine, showinganxiety, vigilance, visual hallucinations, auditory hallucinations (hearing “people beating drums outside his house”), mistaking coworkers for lovers – not really in a relationship. In the ward, he said to himself, “The EEG machine is communicating with him.”
After receiving the second dose of the vaccine, his symptoms worsened significantly. Mild inflammation was detected, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed punctate hyperintensity. His symptoms were time-correlated, dose-response, and responsive to psychiatric treatment. Diagnosed with vaccine-induced psychosis.
Later, with risperidone and milieu treatment (the use of daily activities and conditioned environments to help people interact in the environment), the patient’s hallucinations and delusions disappeared after two days. After being discharged from the hospital, he returned to work.
The May 2022 Asian Journal of Psychiatry reviewed 14 cases of psychosis following Covid-19 vaccination, of which 11 were diagnosed with a mental disorder: 4 women, 6 men, 1 unreported ; mostly young adults or middle-aged people.Average age is 40[12]。
Five of the psychosis occurred within hours to 10 days after vaccination; three reported disorientation, hallucinations, and emotional instability; two had mania, and one had depression. More than two-thirds of the events occurred after the first dose of the vaccine.
Why does the mind have a huge impact on health?
What are emotions and spirits, and how can they have such a big impact on the human body?
Man is a mysterious and infinite whole composed of body, mind and spirit. Modern science has more knowledge and understanding of the organs, cells, and molecules of the human body, but the understanding of the human brain and spirit is still relatively superficial.
for example.Since the implementation of heart organ transplantation technology in 1967, the earliest in 1988 was a professor of nursing at the University of Hawaii.Paul Piersall (Paul Pearsall, Ph.D., reported personality changes in recipients after heart transplantation, including changes in food, music, artistic preferences, mood and temperament, and even changes in identity.
In 2019, Mitchell Liester, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, published a paper in Medical Hypotheses arguing that personality changes after heart transplantation are a type of cellular memory role[13]。
We think that the human spirit may be a microscopic material particle, which is likely to be preserved in the microscopic structure of the human heart. Therefore, when people do heart transplantation, they not only transplant the physical body of the heart, but also transplant the microscopic structure. The material components of the spirit and character have also been transplanted together.
Scientists have studied the near-death experience of Tangshan earthquake survivors and found that the human body can feel the separation of spirit from matter at the moment of death. The mental part of the body can be detached from the physical body, 68% felt a sense of foreignness to the body, and 43% felt conscious leaving the body.
Viruses are nanoscale things, and spirits may also have nanoscale material components. It is precisely because of the material components that it is affected by the virus and even becomes morbid.
Music therapy may help improve post-coronavirus mental symptoms
Psychopaths are characterized by disturbances in thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and perceptions. There are usually two main symptoms: positive symptoms are hallucinations about sounds or things and strange beliefs (illusions); negative symptoms are low mood, depression, social withdrawal, and memory problems.
Drugs do not solve the fundamental problem. Antipsychotic drugs forcibly suppress the symptoms of schizophrenia. Over time, it is easy to cause receptor fatigue and drug resistance, and eventually develop into refractory psychosis.
Since the spirit is at the micro level, most of the current drugs cannot reach him, so if you want to solve the problem at the spiritual level, you may have to open your mind and find some other methods, such as music therapy.
Music therapy is a modern emerging discipline. In the mid-20th century, several American universities successively established music therapy courses.
Scientists have discovered that the organs of the human body vibrate at a certain frequency. Music can transmit vibrations through sound waves and resonate with the viscera of the human body, thereby regulating the functions of the viscera and improving diseases. Many people feel the pores open when listening to music, which may be related to changes in the function of nerve cells in the skin.
Music is a substance that nourishes the brain – not all music, but good music that calms us and is good for our physical and mental health. Good music can reduce stress, boost immune function, balance brain wave activity, increase endorphin levels, and trigger feelings of inner peace.
Good music can also be used to help the body regulate its corticosteroid levels, help manage the severity of spastic muscle tremors, reduce cancer-related pain, and reduce stress in patients.
1. Classical music can effectively improve depression
The study examined anxiety levels in 56 college students after listening to different types of music.Listening to classical and self-selected relaxation music significantly reduced anxiety, anger, and sympathetic nervous system arousal compared with those who meditated or listened to heavy metal music[14]。
Therefore, listening to more classical music will make people happier, more relaxed, and less anxious, which is good for many aspects of work and life.
2. Music Therapy Effectively Improves Psychotic Symptoms
A review study published in the Cochrane Library in 2017 screened 18 trials with data from a total of 1215 participants[15]found that music therapy had a positive effect on overall status, positive and negative symptoms, and improved mental status, social functioning, and quality of life compared with standard care.
3. Music therapy can help reduce medication doses for psychopaths
In 2016, 27 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and personality disorders were randomly assigned to receive music therapy plus standard care or standard care alone.Standard clinical measures included antipsychotic neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, mood stabilizers, and antidepressants[16]。
The doses of antidepressants and sedatives in the control group who did not receive music therapy increased significantly over time; the groups receiving music therapy and drug therapy showed significant improvement in the doses of antipsychotic sedatives, but the doses of antidepressants did not increase significantly .
This means that music therapy combined with standard medical treatment can reduce the dose of psychiatric drugs.
In this pandemic, people are experiencing a pandemic of mental illness in addition to physical illnesses. As the material component of people, the spirit is also an important part of the human body. With the continuous exploration of spiritual phenomena, I believe that the understanding of the nature of human life will also rise to a new level in the future.
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