A new clinical challenge: supporting patients coping with the long-term effects of COVID-19. Issue 4 (2nd October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goldberg, Neal C.; Poirier, Sabrina; Kanas, Allison; McCorkell, Lisa; McGinn, Carrie Anna; Re'em, Yochai; Kuehnel, Kathi; Muirhead, Nina; Ruschioni, Tahlia; Taylor-Brown, Susan; Jason, Leonard A.
• Is Part Of: Fatigue. Volume 10:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 212
• Page End: 230
• Publication Date: 2022-10-02
• Subjects: Long COVID -- ME/CFS -- myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome -- chronic fatigue syndrome; Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Periodicals; Myalgic encephalomyelitis -- Periodicals; 616.047805
• DOI: 10.1080/21641846.2022.2128576
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2164-1846

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Mental Health Practitioners (MHPs) have a unique opportunity to provide resources and support to those suffering from Long COVID (LC), the post infectious illness that often follows an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. In working with these individuals, MHPs can learn from the experiences of patients with another post-infectious disease known as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). ME/CFS was once thought to be a psychologically mediated disorder caused by deconditioning and the fear of exertion following a precipitating event such as a viral infection. Research now shows that LC and ME/CFS are biomedical, multisystem, complex physiologic diseases. This article provides a framework to MHPs for the treatment of LC patients using knowledge derived from three decades of research on ME/CFS.