Table 1.

Diagnostic criteria for illness denial adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic (criteria A and B are required)

Criterion A	persistent denial of being at risk of COVID-19 infection/transmission, associated with nonadherence to preventive measures, as a reaction to the established public actions for transmission containment at both the individual and community level
Criterion B	the subject has been provided an adequate appraisal of the public health emergency and related preventive measures to be followed