Forbes May 27, 2024
A study of 25,122 adults reported that not only are people with long Covid or post Covid-19 conditions twice as likely to have depression and anxiety, but they are also more likely to report financial barriers while trying to gain access to therapy compared to healthy people.
“We found that depression and anxiety symptoms, sleep difficulties, cognitive difficulties, and disabling fatigue were all more prevalent in participants with current post-Covid condition than other US adults,” the authors wrote in their study published in JAMA Network Open. “More than a quarter of participants with current post-Covid condition who were experiencing psychiatric symptoms had not received treatment, and this represents an opportunity to improve access to mental health care in this population.”
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