MedPage Today November 8, 2023
— Multidisciplinary group calls for clinicians to reduce stigma by validating patient experiences
An interdisciplinary group of physicians has released the latest guidance in its series on long COVID, this time focusing on mental health symptoms.
The guidance, published by the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R), discusses how to assess mental health systems in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), or long COVID, as well as options for treatment or referral.
Those symptoms commonly include anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder, according to lead author Abby Cheng, MD, of the division of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, and colleagues.
“The COVID pandemic itself has contributed to new and worsened...
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