The Leipzig Treatment Program for Interdisciplinary Diagnosis and Therapy of Neurocognitive Post-COVID Symptoms 2023, Hasting et al

Abstract: This study introduces a 3-week group program designed for patients with neurocognitive post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS). The program represents a combination of evidence-based components of neurorehabilitation and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Following a detailed assessment, we develop a personalized bio-psycho-social model that integrates perceived complaints and identifies modifiable and influencing factors. We employed physiotherapeutic, cognitive, and communicative training methods to improve patients’ awareness of energy limits and implement compensatory strategies, including pacing and mindfulness techniques. N = 33 patients completed the program between June 2021 and November 2022. A pre-post comparison of questionnaire-based self-assessments revealed significant positive effects on mood, self-efficacy, and participation but not on fatigue symptoms. The study provides recommendations for the neuropsychological treatment of patients with PCS.

The Leipzig Treatment Program for Interdisciplinary Diagnosis and Therapy of Neurocognitive Post-COVID Symptoms: Experiences and Preliminary Results: Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie: Vol 34, No 2 (hogrefe.com)

 

None of those are symptoms. Not sure where neurocognitive turned into fatigue, but if you're not actually treating neurocognitive symptoms, then you're not a neurocognitive treatment program. You're just very expensive quackery.

And I guess we're at the point where they pretend that they build models for every single patient? That's not even what a model is, a model is supposed to be standard, at least to a point. So they basically went from "developing" (the same, every time) models for "novel" treatments to now they're developing models every time, for every patient, even in a group context. What a bunch of crockery. This is racketeering pure and simple. They are scamming sick people and it's disgusting that this is what modern medicine has regressed to.

 

My heart now sinks whenever I see the phrase ‘evidence-based’. It seems increasingly to mean unevidenced preconceptions/biases.

 

So CBT made patient feel a little better emotionally but didn't help their autoimmunity/brain damage/coagulopathy/whatever LC actually is? Color me surprised.

 

At the end of the day, you can waffle your way through questionnaires that have nothing to do with the core symptoms of the illness but you can’t wish yourself into being able to do more.

 

They literally bet millions of lives on this. This pathetic nonsense amounting to criminal negligence and malfeasance. Millions!

It's like they bet everything at roulette, on 88 blue. They went all in on an outcome that doesn't even exist.

 

Because the poor dear fragile little poppets only think they're tired.

 

Too late, I've already progressed to thinking I'm seriously ill.