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as the chief psychologist for the Grady
Health System.
“If you don’t get out to do these
things, if you’re not being with people,
if you’re not in nature, whatever, your
symptoms are just going to get worse,” she
says.
Hardin also has utilized Acceptance
and Commitment Therapy. She asks
patients to identify their five core values,
anything from faith and family to beauty.
“Then we work together to identify
how they are or aren’t acting in alignment
with those values on a certain day,” she
says.
Rosenstock says Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy
(EMDR) has helped long haulers with
PTSD. Patients move their eyes a specific
way while processing traumatic memories
in hopes of changing up the emotions and
behaviors that arose from the trauma.
Mental health professionals also
cite occupational therapy, which is said
to target fatigue and brain fog while
improving mood and perspective. A
study at St. James Hospital in Dublin,
Ireland involved two groups of patients in
techniques ranging from exercise to stress
reduction and sleep hygiene. Their fatigue
improved along with concerns about their
well-being, says the study’s author.
Mindfulness and meditation
practices can also confer benefits Mark
Dannenfelser of the Mindfulness Center
of Atlanta says a practice fostering being
fully present can help cut through so-
called “brain fog” and cut stress levels.
On a countervailing note, some
studies have shown older adults have
greater resilience in dealing with such
challenges.
An August 2020 survey of more than
five thousand adults by the CDC revealed
that older adults showed a more than
six percent lower incidence of anxiety
disorder, nearly six percent less depressive
disorder, and more than nine percent less
trauma and stress.
Will therapy for older long COVID
sufferers become a permanent fixture?
That’s unclear.
“That typically depends on the severity
of the symptoms,” says Corinne Jones-
Williams, a clinical social worker and
therapist with Rosenstock’s clinic, as well
as the level of support that exists around
them.
Hardin says staying physically active,
connecting socially and learning are the
three most important practices in warding
off cognitive change.
“And the same is true of rehabilitating
from long COVID,” she says.
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