Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Cardiomyopathy as an Adverse Effect of BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine in Young Male

Abstract

A 19-year old man with no prior psychiatric history demonstrated psychiatric disorders like depression, anxiety, and sleep-wake disorder after the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine and staying at ICU because of myocarditis related to the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine. Based on the characteristic symptoms, a clinical diagnosis of PTSD was made. His symptoms were relieved with 20 mg/day of fluoxetine per oral (p.o.) treatment. BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine may have rare but severe indirect psychiatric side effects. According to that, an enlarged examination including vaccine history in our routine clinical psychiatric evaluation is important.