The purpose of the study is to study the psychological mechanisms of the development of mental disorders in persons who have suffered from COVID-19.

97 patients with newly diagnosed mental disorders included in the main group and 58 people without mental disorders (comparison group) who suffered from COVID-19 and were exposed to the stressors of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic were examined.

Based on the analysis of psychological aspects in persons with primary mental disorders that arose as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease and the stressors of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, certain features were revealed: it was proven that the factors of mental trauma play a significant role in the genesis of mental disorders; it was established that in the main group of examinees there was a probable decrease in the level of personal adaptation potential ((1.63 ± 0.21) stens) in comparison with the comparison group ((4.07 ± 0.48) stens, p = 0.0025)); features of the psychoemotional state indicate the presence of emotional disturbances — lack of motivation for professional activity, low tolerance to adverse work factors, high level of anxiety, hypochondriacal fixation, impaired sleep, decreased appetite; the structure of coping strategies in patients with depressive episodes was characterized by the predominance of coping strategies focused on emotions (76.47 %, p < 0.029); patients with neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders were characterized by a predominance of coping strategies focused on avoidance and emotions (53.12 %, p < 0.016 and 53.13 %, respectively); patients with mental disorders of organic genesis are characterized by a predominance of coping strategies focused on solving tasks (56.06 %, p < 0.035) and social distraction (45.16 %, p < 0.006); the overall integrative index of quality of life in the examined patients was low (47.59 ± 11.09). The obtained data will make it possible to increase the effectiveness of diagnosis, prevention and therapy of mental disorders, the formation, course and clinical picture of which were affected by the coronavirus disease COVID-19.