Taube, Maris2023-06-012023-06-012023-03-24Taube, 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.2023.11535121664-0640unpaywall: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1153512https://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/12267Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Taube.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.121946enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessbrain fogcase reportdepressionlong-COVIDtreatment3.2 Clinical medicine3.3 Health sciences1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus databasePsychiatry and Mental healthSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/article10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1153512http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152531834&partnerID=8YFLogxK