1st Edition
Understanding the Behavioral and Medical Impact of Long COVID An Empirical Guide to Assessment and Treatment of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS CoV-2 Infection
Understanding the Behavioral and Medical Impact of Long COVID serves to expand the research around the illness in order to enable health care researchers and practitioners to address the questions that are imperative to individuals suffering from this condition. Through its multi-faceted approach, the book puts forth a maturation of research and interventions that are theoretically sound, empirically valid, innovative, and creative in the Long COVID area.
As a scholarly and scientific compilation of Long COVID symptoms and related disorders, this book offers unparalleled insight into the critical developments across medical areas treating this illness. It helps to fill the space that the pandemic had created for knowledge of the condition, and contributes to the emerging emphasis on translational research blending the social sciences and biological fields. By putting forth the most optimal medical care practices in the treatment of complex Long COVID symptoms, this practical anthology will serve as a guide for practicing clinicians in assessment as well as treatment. It will also benefit researchers aiming to gain more understanding of Long COVID through its discussion around the critical developments in other medical areas treating the condition, and paves the way for the collaboration and future research needed to best support the global effort to mitigate the effects of this illness.
This book will be essential reading for academics, practitioners, and researchers. It will appeal to individuals engaging with the fields of medicine, public policy, psychology, and for researchers looking to gain clarity about our current understanding of Long COVID. It will further be of interest to public/government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the general public wanting to gain more information about these ambiguous and evasive symptoms.
Foreword
Benjamin H. Natelson, MD.
Professor Neurology
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York, USA
Chapter 1. History, Diagnosis, and Classification
Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director, Center for Community Research
Department of Psychology
DePaul University, Chicago, Il., USA
Charles Lapp, MD
Hunter-Hopkins Center
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Chapter 2. Fatigue
Keith Geraghty, Ph.D.
Honorary Research Fellow
Centre for Primary Care
University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
Chapter 3. Neurocognitive Disorders
Elizabeta B. Mukaetova-Ladinska, MD, PhD, MRCPsych
Department of Neuroscience
Psychology and Behaviour
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Dr. Stella Paddick, MD
Newcastle University, UK
Akram A. Hosseini, MD
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Chapter 4. Brain and Nervous System
Dr Sudhir Mehta MD, FAMS, FRCP (London & Edin), FACP, FICP
Senior Professor, Dept of Medicine
SMS Medical College & Attached Group of Hospitals
Jaipur, India
Dr Gaurav Jain, MBBS DNB MNAMS
Assistant Professor
Dept. Of Neurosurgery
SMS Medical College
Jaipur India
Varun Jain MD
Department of Neurology
University of Florida, USA
Chapter 5. Respiratory system.
Tanya Melnik. MD
Division of Geriatrics, Palliative and Primary Care
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Dr. Stephanie Misono, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Laryngology
Department of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Dr. Hem Desai, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Sarah Zach, BM, MS, CCC-SLP
Lions Voice Clinic
Department of Otolaryngology
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Chapter 6. Gastrointestinal Disorders.
Sonia Villapol, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Houston, Texas, USA
Chapter 7. Metabolic Disorders.
Charlotte Steenblock,MD
Nicole Bechmann, MD
Waldemar Kanczkowski, MD
Nikolaos Perakakis, MD
Stefan R Bornstein, MD
Department of Internal Medicine III
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany.
Chapter 8. Cardiovascular Disorders
Richard C. Becker, MD
Director, Physician-in-Chief
Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Chapter 9. Autonomic Disorders
Sławomir Kujawski, Ph.D.
Department of Exercise Physiology and Functional Anatomy, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
Agnieszka Kujawska, MD, Ph.D
Department of Exercise Physiology and Functional Anatomy, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
Paweł Zalewski, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Exercise Physiology and Functional Anatomy, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
Chapter 10. Musculoskeletal Disorders
Koji Tamai, MD
Shinji Takahashi, MD
Hidetomi Terai, MD
Dept. of Orthopedic surgery
Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Chapter 11. Mental Health Disorders
Yochai Re'em, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, USA
Karanbir Padda, MD
Department of Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
New York, USA
Chapter 12. Alternative Treatment Approaches
Tae-Hun Kim, KMD, PhD.
Korean Medicine Clinical Trial Center
College of Korean Medicine
Kyung Hee University
23 Kyungheedae-ro
Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, South Korea
Chapter 13. Menstrual cycle and Female Reproductive Health Disturbance in the Covid era
Michelle Maher, MD
Department of Endocrinology
St James's Hospital, Ireland
Laura O' Doherty, MD
Department of Infectious Diseases
St James's Hospital, Ireland
Lisa Owens, MD PhD
Department of Endocrinology
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Chapter 14. Pediatric Issues.
Christine A. Capone, MD, MPH
Pediatric Cardiology
Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, USA
Chapter 15. Patient Perspectives.
Lisa McCorkell, MPP
Co-Founder | Patient-Led Research Collaborative
Hannah Wei
Co-Founder | Patient-Led Research Collaborative
Signe Redfield, Ph.D.
Member| Patient-Led Research Collaborative
Afterword
Llewellyn King
White House Chronicle
Biography
Leonard A. Jason is currently a Professor of Psychology at DePaul University and the Director of the Center for Community Research. He has served on the editorial boards of ten psychological journals. He is part of the RECOVER consortium, and the chairperson of the Diagnostic Testing and Test Algorithms Subcommittee of the Commonalities with Other Post Viral Syndromes Task Force. He is also the Subject Matter Expert on ME/CFS for the Illinois RECOVER HUB program. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the RECOVER Program, the NIH, or other funders.
Dr. Charles Lapp, MD, is an Internal Medicine Specialist in Charlotte, NC, and has over 48 years of experience in the medical field with a particular emphasis in ME/CFS. He founded and is the Director of the Hunter-Hopkins Center.
"If you want a thoughtful, broad-based look at the emerging biomedical condition of Long COVID, this is the volume to have! Edited by Leonard Jason, PhD and Charles Lapp, MD, each chapter covers a significant medical or behavioral aspect of Long COVID so you can easily focus in on your particular area of interest or concern. Well-described case studies illustrate key aspects of the illness. I strongly recommend this book!"
Fred Friedberg, PhD, President, International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
"Understanding the Behavioral and Medical Impact of Long COVID is the first to take on the question of the long term consequences of SARS CoV-2 infection. If one needs to know what is known about this world-wide pandemic, this book is required reading."
Benjamin H. Natelson, MD, The Mount Sinai Hospital
