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World J Psychiatry. Aug 19, 2022; 12(8): 1004-1015
Published online Aug 19, 2022. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v12.i8.1004
Does COVID-19 related symptomatology indicate a transdiagnostic neuropsychiatric disorder? - Multidisciplinary implications
Sari Goldstein Ferber, Gal Shoval, Gil Zalsman, Aron Weller
Sari Goldstein Ferber, Aron Weller, Department of Psychology and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5317000, Israel
Gal Shoval, Gil Zalsman, Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
Gal Shoval, Department of Neuroscience, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
Gil Zalsman, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States
Author contributions: Goldstein Ferber S developed the hypothesis and wrote the first draft of this paper; Weller A reviewed and added to the first draft; Goldstein Ferber S wrote the revised manuscript; Shoval G and Zalsman G reviewed the various drafts of the paper and contributed to its content.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Sari Goldstein Ferber, PhD, Additional Professor, Department of Psychology and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Geha Road, Ramat Gan 5317000, Israel. sari.goldstein@biu.ac.il
Received: March 11, 2022
Peer-review started: March 11, 2022
First decision: April 18, 2022
Revised: April 28, 2022
Accepted: July 25, 2022
Article in press: July 25, 2022
Published online: August 19, 2022
Core Tip

Core Tip: This Review asks a question shown in its title and hidden to date in the scientific literature on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It integrates the immense COVID-19 and long COVID literature on psychiatric and neuropsychiatric reactions to the pandemic in the general population. It also derives a working hypothesis on Type A and Type B of a hypothesized syndrome to be termed Complex Stress Reaction Syndrome. This working hypothesis is elaborated in the manuscript and supports the need to ask the transdiagnostic question in a timely manner based on a novel interdisciplinary and genuine integration of the relevant scientific literature.