🔴Excellent article.
This is exactly the problem many of us have been pointing out: Long COVID and ME/CFS are being psychologized again under more modern language.
The issue is not whether the nervous system matters, or whether psychological support can help patients cope with a severe disease.
The issue is using “mind-body”, “brain retraining” or “functional” narratives as a substitute for biomedical research.
Long COVID is a complex biological disease involving immune, autonomic, vascular, metabolic, endocrine and neurological mechanisms.
We need more science, not another elegant way of saying “it is all in your head.”
NEW ARTICLE from me in
@FAIRmediawatch:
"The Media Won't Stop Psychologizing Long Covid."
An overview of this unfortunate propaganda trend in the media since 2020, including where it comes from and what it gets wrong.
Link in next post.