Neuropsychology
People experiencing Long COVID may have symptoms for at least 12 months after the initial COVID-19 infection, a new study has revealed.
Irregular responses in the brain to challenging tasks and mistakes could be key to understanding common links between abnormal behaviours in a range of mental illness and cognitive disorders, a new study has found.
Prolonged social isolation and changes to work opportunities during the first UK lockdown were linked with changes in people’s thought patterns, a new study suggests.
People living with depression or anxiety pre-pandemic have been more severely affected by disruption to jobs and healthcare, a new study has revealed.
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Neurocognitive and mental health tests have been recommended by an international taskforce to harmonise the assessment of patients with Long COVID.
Frontline healthcare workers need a range of ‘flexible’, ‘easily accessible’ and ‘consistent’ psychological support to overcome the significant mental health burden resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UK researchers have found further evidence of the ongoing mental impacts of COVID-19 in people who have recovered from the disease.
In a study involving more than 80,000 people, researchers found that those with more severe COVID-19 symptoms scored lower in an a series of online tests, with performance on reasoning and problem-solving tasks being most affected. Further analysis showed that those who received mechanical ventilation to help them breathe whilst in hospital had the greatest impairment on cognitive tasks. According to the team, the findings further highlight how COVID-19 infection can have lasting, and measurable, impacts on people’s brain function.
