Brain Injury (Brain Fog) and Long COVID (E10) ft. Prof Jim Jackson

Prof James C Jackson and Dr Funmi Okunola discuss the challenges of accessing cognitive rehabilitation for Long COVID, highlighting long wait times and the importance of alternative evaluations by occupational therapists or speech pathologists. They emphasize compensatory strategies like goal management training as effective, while acknowledging the controversy surrounding restorative approaches and neuroplasticity.

Professor James Jackson PsyD is a licensed neuropsychologist and internationally renowned expert on Long Covid and its effects on cognitive and mental health functioning. He is a research professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt, University School of Medicine Consortium in Nashville, Tennessee in the USA. He is interviewed by Dr Funmi Okunola about the nature and rehabilitation of Brain Fog in Long COVID.

He is also author of “Clearing the Fog from Surviving to Thriving with Long COVID – A Practical Guide”.

REFERENCES

1. “Clearing the Fog from Surviving to Thriving with Long COVID – A Practical Guide”.

2. The Long COVID Handbook by Gez Medinger & Professor Danny Altmann

3. MoCa Test

4. Mini Mental State Exam

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