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As doctors and millions of Americans continue to seek answers about long COVID, a new advisory from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) gives physicians more tools to identify mental health symptoms as some of the condition’s many side effects. The PBS NewsHour's digital anchor Nicole Ellis spoke to two health experts on the latest guidance, including Molly Sanborn, a public health analyst at SAMHSA, and Dr. Serena Spudich, a neurologist at Yale School of Medicine. The new guidelines, released in June, were developed by tracking symptoms like “fatigue, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, psychosis, cognitive impairments, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, just to name a few,” Sanborn said. There are at least 72 ongoing studies looking into long COVID, Spudich said, but more research — and more funding for that research — is necessary.