“If I could take one symptom away from all of [my long-COVID patients], I think that would be depression,” said critical care specialist Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of critical care and the COVID-19 department at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
Beyond the physical tribulations and social instability that this condition can bring, long-COVID patients feel that the one thing not getting adequately addressed is the mental health toll the disease inflicts.
Long-COVID Mental Problems: 2 Main Causes
1. Physical Symptoms
One thing Varon has observed in his long-COVID patients is that, though everyone is affected differently, they are all depressed and anxious as a result of the disease. …