Rehabilitation Strategies for Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of COVID-19, 2022, Rolin et al

Abstract

Purpose of Review
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 are abundant, including after recovery of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. This review seeks to explore the cognitive and neuropsychiatric manifestations of COVID-19 and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), including Long COVID syndromes. Furthermore, the review will discuss rehabilitation strategies for the emerging neurological consequences of COVID-19 to help those experiencing long-term effects of COVID-19.

Recent Findings
There is emerging evidence depicting the neural involvement of COVID-19. Health priorities have shifted from understanding pathogenesis and treatment of pulmonary symptoms to targeting the acute and chronic sequelae of COVID-19, including cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms. The sequelae of COVID-19 often co-occur with other medical problems and is best managed by assessment and care across multiple disciplines. Symptoms following infection are similar to those found by other syndromes and disorders that disrupt the central nervous system.

Summary
The acute and chronic sequelae of COVID-19 have become major targets of current health care providers given its significant public health impact, inclusive of cognitive and neuropsychiatric sequelae. Assessment and referral to rehabilitation based on each individual’s needs and symptoms can decrease morbidity and improve quality of life.

Open access, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40141-022-00352-9

 

Uh, no, they have not. The frequency at which aspirational goals are presented as if they were happening is truly bizarre. The efforts remain pitiful and many countries have made denial the official policy.

There is huge demand, for sure, but nothing substantial is being done to meet it, mostly with quackery and gaslighting, which disproves the point.

I skimmed the rest of the paper, just poor all around. Medicine is completely stuck going around in loops, desperately trying to recycle old things and simply unable to imagine that there are still things that need to be built or understood.