Table 1.

Study criteria for the diagnosis of COVID-19-related psychosis

Sudden onset without a prodromal phase of at least one of the following symptoms:

Structured or unstructured delusions

Auditory and visual hallucinations

Disorganized speech and behavior.

Often fluctuation of symptoms and fast recovery.

The following should be excluded:

Delirium

Psychiatric family history

Personal psychiatric history

Recent substance use

Recent corticosteroid use

Alterations in consciousness or disorientation

Consider that long periods of hospitalization could promote the onset of reactive seclusion psychosis.