Among the cognitive difficulties we see in #LongCovid, processing speed deficits rise to the top - problems finding words, responding to questions quickly, reading social cues, making decisions rapidly. Processing speed problems can be hugely impairing, and, for many, they are.

ICU survivors often experience intense delusional experiences - filled with memories of sexual assault, violence, and scientific experimentation - and they often resist talking about these, because they seem so "crazy" even though they feel incredibly real. But talking about

We talk about cognitive deficits in #covid but don't pay enough attention to the prominence of cognitive deficits in other medical conditions. Cognitive problems hinder the lives of people with #Lupus #MultipleSclerosis #Cancer #Parkinsons #hypertension #diabetes and many more.

Long ago, I was an expert witness on a case. My client had major depression after critical illness, but the opposing attorneys argued that this was impossible because in pictures on Facebook, she didn't look sad. A reminder - this isn't the way depression works. People can

Cognitive impairment has consequences in the "real world." Forgetting to pay bills, problems driving, errors managing medications, struggling with technology, not reading social cues, not meeting deadlines, underperforming at work. #LongCovid

Long Covid has many hallmark symptoms and cognitive difficulties are prominent among them. Causes and mechanisms continue to be studied but in literally millions of people around the world, new challenges exist in areas including attention, executive functioning, diverse aspects

Cognitive rehabilitation is the best treatment for cognitive impairment that virtually no one has ever heard of. Providers rarely refer their patients for cognitive rehabilitation but when they do, patients improve. CIBS Center #neuropsychology #SLP

The effects of "mild" cognitive impairment are often far from mild. Even slight declines in cognition can "change the game" for people - making them less able to reason, to recall names, to multitask, to process information, to attend. CIBS Center #longcovid

A new study in Neurology (October 8th, 2024) showed that driving after Covid is comparable to driving after alcohol use or with a seizure disorder. This is the result one would anticipate in the context of deficits in attention, executive functioning, and processing speed and it

I once had a patient who was traumatized by a previous surgery that she refused to get another one - minor, safe, and medically necessary in order to function. It cost her job, her income, her livelihood but that is what medical trauma can do. #PTSD CIBS Center

When medical providers hear the term "brain fog" they often shrug their shoulders but a "brain injury" diagnosis can lead to action, as it should. Let's call significant cognitive impairment after covid what if often is - a brain injury, not brain fog. CIBS Center #PICS

A reminder - "OCD" is not a superpower, an enviable trait among the highly organized. Rather, it is an often debilitating condition that distresses and isolates and causes people - like my patient who was afraid that she would lick a toilet seat if she used a public restroom -

We often focus on people who were thriving until they were derailed by Covid-19 but there is another group we overlook - people who were already struggling, with prior difficulties, on the margins, underwater. For them the impact of #LongCovid is so profound. CIBS Center

I'm grieved by the "Christian nationalism" that so many people currently embrace. The Carpenter from Galilee transcends culture and nationality and He calls me to be a citizen of His kingdom and reminds me that my ultimate home is in another country.

I'm tearing a up a bit this morning as I sit at my desk and reflect on the passing of Tony Campolo . . . He was truly "one of the good guys." He challenged the evangelical church to care about poverty, inequity, malnutrition and so many other issues that were ignored and, these

I'm sad to say but not surprised that as Donald Trump has ascended in recent weeks. conservative Christians who tout their faith in Christ in their short bios on X have become even more comfortable than usual sowing racist, hateful, and anti-Christian rhetoric on this site. It

I'm amazed but not surprised by how everyone and their brother seems to be an expert on the #NIH and what the #NIH needs. Reading comments here today, I see scores of people with wild hair and pitchforks cackling in glee about the deep cuts to NIH indirect costs. All I can say

Allie . . . What part do you love so much? The unmitigated cruelty, the pathological narcissism, the humiliation of others, the constant lying, the penchant for revenge? You're a follow of Christ - do better.

I'm so proud of Spencer Freeman who is faithfully "walking for PICS" day in AND day out, honoring the struggles of so many ICU patients and survivors. Join us in #Nashville or at one of a dozen or two cities and be part of a movement and #walk4pics.