Psychiatric adverse reaction to COVID-19 vaccine booster presenting as first-episode acute mania with psychotic features: A case report

Background

A few case series on psychiatric adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines have been reported despite the absence of a history of psychiatric disorders. Herein, we report a case of a first episode of acute mania with psychotic features receival of the third mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine.

Case presentation

A 37-year-old man developed talkativeness, grandiose delusions, emotional instability, sleeplessness, excitement, hyperactivity and suicidal behavior 4 days after receiving the third mRNA-1273 (Moderna) COVID-19 vaccine. On the 9^th days after vaccination, he was diagnosed with first-episode acute mania with psychotic features and admitted to the psychiatric institute for the first time. After olanzapine administration, the psychiatric symptoms improved within 4 weeks.

Conclusions

To our knowledge, this is the first report of a first episode of acute mania with psychiatric features associated with the mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine booster. Psychiatrists should be aware of this possibility and be attentive to such a rare and severe adverse effect that could occur within 10 days of vaccination.