COVID-19 isolated-academic logorrhoea: an emergent debilitating disorder afflicting medical academics.

Keywords: Academic; medical; mental disorder; logorrhoea; obsessive-compulsive EN Academic medical mental disorder logorrhoea obsessive-compulsive 104 105 2 02/08/21 20210201 NES 210201 Dear Sir, We describe diagnostic criteria for a debilitating new mental disorder emergent during the COVID-19 pandemic: "COVID-19 isolated-academic logorrhoea". This disorder has emerged in the university academic population, but we have noted particular prevalence among medical school academics, possibly as their COVID-19 pandemic clinical duties have impeded their research and teaching. [Extracted from the article]