Sean Lynch

Dr. Sean Lynch

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 September 2020 in Psychosomatics
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SFStephen J Ferrando
Stephen J Ferrando
LKLidia Klepacz
Lidia Klepacz
SLSean Lynch
Sean Lynch
MTMohammad Tavakkoli
Mohammad Tavakkoli
RDRhea Dornbush
Rhea Dornbush
ABAbraham Bartell
Abraham Bartell

1 April 2021 in Journal of Psychiatric Research
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SFStephen J Ferrando
Stephen J Ferrando
LKLidia Klepacz
Lidia Klepacz
SLSean Lynch
Sean Lynch
SSSivan Shahar
Sivan Shahar
RDRhea Dornbush
Rhea Dornbush
ABAbraham Bartell
Abraham Bartell

25 January 2022 in Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
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SFStephen J Ferrando
Stephen J Ferrando
RDRhea Dornbush
Rhea Dornbush
SLSean Lynch
Sean Lynch
SSSivan Shahar
Sivan Shahar
LKLidia Klepacz
Lidia Klepacz
DLDania Lerman
Dania Lerman
Persistent cognitive, medical and psychiatric complaints have been extensively described after recovery from acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. To describe neuropsychological, medical, psychiatric, and functional correlates of cognitive complaints experienced after recovery from acute COVID-19 infection. Sixty participants underwent neuropsychological, psychiatric, medical, functional, and quality-of-life assessments 6–8 months after acute COVID-19. Those seeking care for cognitive complaints in a post-COVID-19 clinical program for post-acute symptoms of COVID-19 (clinical group, N = 32) were compared with those recruited from the community who were not seeking care (nonclinical, N = 28). A subset of participants underwent serological testing for proinflammatory cytokines C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α to explore correlations with neuropsychological, psychiatric, and medical variables. For the entire sample, 16 (27%) had extremely low test scores (less than second percentile on at least 1 neuropsychological test). The clinical group with cognitive complaints scored lower than age-adjusted population norms in tests of attention, processing speed, memory, and executive function and scored significantly more in the extremely low range than the nonclinical group (38% vs. 14%, P < 0.04). The clinical group also reported higher levels of depression, anxiety, fatigue, posttraumatic stress disorder, and functional difficulties and lower quality of life. In logistic regression analysis, scoring in the extremely low range was predicted by acute COVID-19 symptoms, current depression score, number of medical comorbidities, and subjective cognitive complaints in the areas of memory, language, and executive functions. Interleukin-6 correlated with acute COVID symptoms, number of medical comorbidities, fatigue, and inversely with measures of executive function. C-reactive protein correlated with current COVID symptoms and depression score but inversely with quality of life. Results suggest the existence of extremely low neuropsychological test performance experienced by some individuals months after acute COVID-19 infection, affecting multiple neurocognitive domains. This extremely low neuropsychological test performance is associated with worse acute COVID-19 symptoms, depression, medical comorbidities, functional complaints, and subjective cognitive complaints. Exploratory correlations with proinflammatory cytokines support further research into inflammatory mechanisms and viable treatments.

30 July 2022 in General Hospital Psychiatry
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SLSean Lynch
Sean Lynch
SFStephen J Ferrando
Stephen J Ferrando
RDRhea Dornbush
Rhea Dornbush
SSSivan Shahar
Sivan Shahar
ASAbbas Smiley
Abbas Smiley
LKLidia Klepacz
Lidia Klepacz

10 July 2021 in Community Mental Health Journal
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HAHussain Abdullah
Hussain Abdullah
SLSean Lynch
Sean Lynch
SASahar Aftab
Sahar Aftab
SSSivan Shahar
Sivan Shahar
LKLidia Klepacz
Lidia Klepacz
SFStephen J Ferrando
Stephen J Ferrando

1 June 2020 in Journal of Affective Disorders
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ADAdam Dinoff
Adam Dinoff
SLSean Lynch
Sean Lynch
NSNitin Sekhri
Nitin Sekhri
LKLidia Klepacz
Lidia Klepacz