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Long COVID: Assessment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Children and Adolescents - A Clinical Data Analysis

Froelich, J.; Banaschewski, T.; Ulmer, A.

2021-09-06 psychiatry and clinical psychology
10.1101/2021.09.03.21257002 medRxiv
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COVID-19 infections in adults often result in medical, neuropsychiatric, and unspecific symptoms, called Long COVID, and the premorbid functional status cannot be achieved. Regarding the course in children and adolescents, however, reliable data are not yet available. Objective380 children and adolescents/young adults aged between 6 and 21 years, being treated for various psychiatric diseases in an outpatient clinical service, were examined for COVID-19 infections and Long COVID symptoms following a structured protocol. ResultsThree patients had COVID-19; one patient had symptoms of Long COVID in his medical history, but they could not be objectivized in an in-depth neuropsychiatric and neuropsychological assessment. ConclusionsLong COVID seems to occur rarely in children and adolescents. Objectivizing the symptoms is a difficult task that requires various diagnostic considerations.

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