Psychiatric Drugs Could Be the Key to Treating Covid-19

Antidepressants and antipsychotics could offer protection against the coronavirus, but not because of their effect on the brain

Dana G Smith
Elemental
Published in
6 min readDec 16, 2020

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Photo illustration sources: Larry Washburn; Andriy Onufriyenko; Getty Images

At the beginning of the pandemic, doctors in France prepared for an influx of psychiatric patients with Covid-19, creating special units in hospitals to care…

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Dana G Smith
Elemental

Health and science writer • PhD in 🧠 • Words in Scientific American, STAT, The Atlantic, The Guardian • Award-winning Covid-19 coverage for Elemental