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Book SynopsisUnderstanding 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,
Trade Review
"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
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Foreword. 1. Introduction: History, Diagnosis, and Classification. 2. Fatigue and Long-COVID. 3. Neurocognitive Disorders. 4. Brain and Nervous System. 5. Respiratory System. 6. Gastrointestinal Disorders. 7. Metabolic Disorders. 8. Long-Term Cardiovascular Disorders of COVID-19. 9. Autonomic Disorders. 10. Musculoskeletal Disorders. 11. Mental Health Disorders. 12. Alternative Treatment Approaches. 13. Menstrual Cycle and Female Reproductive Health Disturbance in the Covid Era. 14. Pediatric Issues. 15. Patient Perspectives on Long COVID Advocacy, Care, and Research. Afterword. Index.
