Psychiatry and COVID-19: The Role of Chlorpromazine

Emmanuel Stip

doi:10.1177/0706743720934997

Psychiatry and COVID-19: The Role of Chlorpromazine

Can J Psychiatry. 2020 Oct;65(10):739-740. doi: 10.1177/0706743720934997. Epub 2020 Jun 15.

Author

Emmanuel Stip^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
² Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: adverse events; antypsychotics; barriers to treatment; biological; clinical assessment; clinical trials; consultant-liaison; extrapyramidal syndromes; history of psychiatry; inflammation; psychiatry.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
COVID-19
Chlorpromazine / pharmacology*
Chlorpromazine / therapeutic use*
Clathrin*
Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy*
Drug Repositioning*
Endocytosis / drug effects*
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy*
Psychiatry / methods

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Clathrin
Chlorpromazine