TY - JOUR
T1 - Rehabilitation of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Patients With Long COVID
T2 - Position Statement
AU - Sacks-Zimmerman, Amanda
AU - Bergquist, Thomas F.
AU - Farr, Ellen M.
AU - Cornwell, Melinda A.
AU - Kanellopoulos, Dora
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Long COVID, a term used to describe ongoing symptoms after COVID-19 infection, parallels the course of other postviral syndromes. Neuropsychiatric symptoms of long COVID can be persistent and interfere with quality of life and functioning. Within the biopsychosocial framework of chronic illness, rehabilitation professionals can address the neuropsychiatric sequelae of long COVID. However, current practice models are not designed to address concurrent psychiatric and cognitive symptoms in adults living with long COVID. Thus, we present a biopsychosocial framework for long COVID and provide treatment strategies based on evidence from current literature of postviral chronic illness. These recommendations will guide rehabilitation professionals in identifying common neuropsychiatric symptoms in long COVID that can be targeted for intervention and addressing these symptoms via integrative interventions taking into account the biopsychosocial presentation of long COVID symptoms.
AB - Long COVID, a term used to describe ongoing symptoms after COVID-19 infection, parallels the course of other postviral syndromes. Neuropsychiatric symptoms of long COVID can be persistent and interfere with quality of life and functioning. Within the biopsychosocial framework of chronic illness, rehabilitation professionals can address the neuropsychiatric sequelae of long COVID. However, current practice models are not designed to address concurrent psychiatric and cognitive symptoms in adults living with long COVID. Thus, we present a biopsychosocial framework for long COVID and provide treatment strategies based on evidence from current literature of postviral chronic illness. These recommendations will guide rehabilitation professionals in identifying common neuropsychiatric symptoms in long COVID that can be targeted for intervention and addressing these symptoms via integrative interventions taking into account the biopsychosocial presentation of long COVID symptoms.
KW - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
KW - Cognitive Rehabilitation
KW - Cognitive Remediation
KW - Fatigue
KW - Long COVID
KW - Pain
KW - Position Statement
KW - Rehabilitation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.10.001
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 36272444
AN - SCOPUS:85144779276
SN - 0003-9993
VL - 104
SP - 350
EP - 354
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 2
ER -