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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Long COVID is discussed frequently in the press and published articles, often focusing on symptoms like brain fog, anxiety, insomnia, exercise intolerance, and many others. Long COVID, a post-infectious inflammatory condition, and other similar conditions may produce mental health symptoms in our psychotherapy clients, and it’s important that clinicians know the basics about Long COVID as we may be a critical part of referring clients for necessary care. This course discusses the essentials about Long COVID and other post-infectious inflammatory conditions like chronic Lyme, PANS/PANDAS, and others, directions in research and treatment, and important signs to look out for in clinical practice.
Disclaimer: This interview with a medical doctor is not Intended to Diagnose, Treat, Cure or Prevent Any Disease. Mental health professionals are typically not qualified to diagnose Long COVID and are encouraged to operate within their scope of practice.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to: List four or more symptoms/signs commonly associated with Long COVID; Briefly describe why Long COVID is considered a chronic inflammatory condition; List appropriate referrals if a clinician suspects a post-infectious inflammatory condition
TARGET AUDIENCE & INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL
This course is intended for psychologists, therapists, social workers, clinical counselors, and addiction counselors. Instructional level: Intermediate
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HOW TO TAKE THIS COURSE
In order to receive a certificate of completion reflecting the associated CE credit hour, you must:
#1: Have an active paid Clearly Clinical membership
#2: Listen to the corresponding course podcast
#3: Achieve a passing grade on the post-presentation test (the test has up to ten questions and you must earn a score of at least 80%; users can re-test up to three times. After three attempts, users are advised to re-listen to the audio course in its entirety and then subsequently re-test. Psychologists who are seeking CE credit may not be awarded credit if they attempt to pass the post-test more than three times.)
#4: Complete the requested course evaluation.
Course elements (including the course audio, post-test, and requested course evaluation) can be completed on a computer or mobile device via your Clearly Clinical account.
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COURSE FORMAT
This course contains a one-hour, non-interactive audio podcast which is available for free on all major public podcast platforms, including YouTube, by searching for 'Clearly Clinical'. You can also listen to and download the audio file via our course player. References are available upon request.
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COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
There is no known commercial support or conflict of interest for this CE program, presenter, sponsor, instructor, or content. The instructor, Dr. Bruce Patterson, is a researcher of post-infectious inflammatory conditions and he references companies with which he is affiliated for diagnosis and treatment of Long COVID and similar conditions.
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CERTIFICATE ACCESS DETAILS
Once you've completed the course, your certificate will automatically populate in the 'Certificate' section of your account; it will also be emailed to you. Course certificates will be on file for ten (10) years from date of course completion regardless of a user's paid membership status.
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ACCOMMODATIONS
If you have special needs or need an accommodation, please email us at [email protected] and we will do our best to assist you.
If reading along while listening is helpful for you, we recommend listening to our podcast on YouTube with the closed captioning feature enabled (to do this, click the button in the YouTube video player with the 'CC' on it).