Continuing the dialogue on ME, Long Covid and evidence-based psychiatric education Audio on Substack In June, the Royal College of Psychiatrists responded to our open letter concerning the framing of Long Covid at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress. We welcomed the opportunity to receive a formal response. Rather than replying immediately, we took time to consult with many of the charities, organisations, clinicians, researchers and patient advocates wh

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.

It is ME Awareness Day, and the publication of our open letter to the Royal College of Psychiatrists sits within a long and well-documented history of contested approaches to ME within psychiatry and adjacent services.