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10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1153512
Title: | Depression and brain fog as long-COVID mental health consequences : Difficult, complex and partially successful treatment of a 72-year-old patient—A case report |
Authors: | Taube, Maris Department of Psychiatry and Narcology |
Keywords: | brain fog;case report;depression;long-COVID;treatment;3.2 Clinical medicine;3.3 Health sciences;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;Psychiatry and Mental health;SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being |
Issue Date: | 24-Mar-2023 |
Citation: | Taube , M 2023 , ' Depression and brain fog as long-COVID mental health consequences : Difficult, complex and partially successful treatment of a 72-year-old patient—A case report ' , Frontiers in Psychiatry , vol. 14 , 1153512 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1153512 |
Abstract: | SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection can result in long-term health consequences i.e., long COVID. The clinical manifestations of long COVID include depression, anxiety, brain fog with cognitive dysfunction, memory issues, and fatigue. These delayed effects of COVID-19 occur in up to 30% of people who have had an acute case of COVID-19. In this case report, a 72-year-old, fully vaccinated patient without pre-existing somatic or mental illnesses, or other relevant risk factors was diagnosed with long COVID. Nine months following an acute COVID-19 infection, the patient's depressive symptoms improved, but memory and concentration difficulties persisted, and the patient remains unable to resume work. These long-term symptoms are possibly linked to micro-hemorrhages detected during examinations of the patient's brain following COVID-19 infection. Patient treatment was complex, and positive results were attained via antidepressants and non-drug therapies e.g., art, music, drama, dance and movement therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and psychotherapy. |
Description: | Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Taube. |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1153512 |
ISSN: | 1664-0640 |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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