Is my son at risk in view of COVID-19?'' A patient's mother contacted our Schizophrenia Outpatient Clinic as soon as news about the coronavirus pandemic reached Brazilian headlines. I immediately remembered how we hear in mental health services that ''patients with severe mental illness are immune deficient.'' But is this true? What are the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for schizophrenia patients and their families?
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