We are pleased to host writer Ted Monroe with a wonderfully incisive article on the recent controversial article ‘The Painful Truth about Long Covid’ by Alan Levinovitz.

Hold your excitement! Today, on the 14th June, we are present and LIVE at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress in Liverpool to share a respectful leaflet and our open letter directly with delegates. This is ahead of tomorrow's Long Covid presentations by Paul Garner, Trudie Chalder and Alan Carson.

By Dr Elke Hausmann Audio available in Substack We are pleased to welcome the return of Dr Elke Hausmann as a guest writer. In this article she examines the controversial WIRED article which has sparked significant concern among patients and advocates for its portrayal of Long Covid, recovery narratives, and brain retraining approaches. What a headline. Ok, so generally journalists are not responsible for the headlines to their articles. But there are several tropes here, so

Whilst brain re-training programs are more universally recognised as being problematic in Long Covid and ME, these other psychological approaches often fly under the radar. It is important that we recognise them for what they are: medical gaslighting.

They will tell you that it’s progressive, groundbreaking, science pioneering into unventured territory...

We have a new addition to our advocacy, a podcast with video and audio options for our book club the Pedantic Zebra!

Halloween is approaching, and we missed ‘hot girl summer’ so we are opting for ‘goth girl autumn’ instead with a cosy book club.