Name
K07 - Life Beyond COVID: A Behavioral Health Workshop Series for Long Covid Recovery within an Interdisciplinary Convalescence Clinic
Description

The Life Beyond Long COVID workshop is a 3-module, 4-to-6 session series of psychoeducational classes created by a team of embedded psychologists in the South Texas VA’s COVID Convalescence Clinic. These classes target key health areas negatively impacted by Long COVID including sleep, fatigue, and brain fog. Presenters will provide an overview of the class content as well as strategies for attendees to incorporate these interventions into their own clinical practice.

Date & Time
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Speakers
Chelsea Thomas, Clinical Psychologist, Department of Veteran's Affairs
Devon Madison, Staff Psychologist, South Texas VA Health Care System
Iris Cahill, Psychologist, South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Iris Cahill
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Behavioral Medicine Topics (e.g., insomnia, medication adherence), Innovations, Telehealth
Session Type
Concurrent
Location Name
Travis C
Objective 1
Describe common Long COVID symptoms and associated psychosocial stressors patients experience in response to these symptoms.
Objective 2
Discuss behavioral health strategies to address these symptoms.
Objective 3
Identify ways to integrate behavioral health strategies into clinical practice.
Content Reference 1
Alqahtani, J. S., Almamary, A. S., Alghamdi, S. M., Komies, S., Althobiani, M., Aldhahir, A. M., Naser, A. Y. (2022). Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological aspects. COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals, (235–2558). doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91307-2.00007-9.
Content Reference 2
Casson, S., Jones, M. D., Cassar, J., Kwai, N., Lloyd, A. R., Barry, B. K., & Sandler, C. X. (2022). The effectiveness of activity pacing interventions for people with chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation, (1–15). https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2135776
Content Reference 3
Cummings, L. (2023). Long COVID: The impact on language and cognition. Language and Health. doi: 10.1016/j.laheal.2023.05.001(Accessed: March 8, 2024).
Content Reference 4
Hawke, L. D., Nguyen, A. T. P., Ski, C. F., Thompson, D. R., Ma, C., Castle, D. Interventions for mental health, cognition, and psychological wellbeing in long COVID: a systematic review of registered trials. Psychological Medicine, 52, 13 (2426-2440). doi: 10.1017/S0033291722002203.
Content Reference 5
Neculicioiu, V.S. et al. (2022). Time to sleep? A review of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep and Mental Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8954484/ (Accessed: February 21, 2023).