psychologisation

Catastrophism, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: how research questions ‘construct’ realities Oter-Quintana; Alameda-Cuesta Letter to the Editor. No abstract. Link (Enfermería Clínica (English Edition)) [Paywall]

“I still can’t forget those words”: mixed methods study of the persisting impact on patients reporting psychosomatic and psychiatric misdiagnoses Sloan, Melanie; Bosley, Michael; Gordon, Caroline; Pollak, Thomas A; Mann, Farhana; Massou, Efthalia; Morris, Stephen; Holloway, Lynn; Harwood...

Abstract Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is vital for delivering oxygen and nutrients to the brain. Many forms of orthostatic intolerance (OI) involve impaired regulation of CBF in the upright posture, which results in disabling symptoms that decrease quality of life. Because CBF is not easy to...

Functional neurological disorder in multiple sclerosis: A prospective study Cuoco; Scannapieco; Barra; Giordano; Gregorio; Barone; Erro BACKGROUND There is increasing recognition Functional Neurological disorder (FND) is comorbid with other neurological conditions, but little is known about...

Medical ambivalence and Long Covid: The disconnects, entanglements, and productivities shaping ethnic minority experiences in the UK Ridge; Broom; Alwan; Chew-Graham; Smyth; Gopal; Kingstone; Gaszczyk; Begum Structural violence -related to ‘isms’ like racism, sexism, and ableism – pertains to...

Medically not yet explained symptoms in hypothyroidism Hegedüs, Laszlo; Van Der Feltz-Cornelis, Christina M.; Papini, Enrico; Nagy, Endre V.; Weetman, Anthony P.; Perros, Petros Persistent symptoms are common in the general population and even more so in people with hypothyroidism. When...

Patient perceptions of barriers to effective migraine management in Aotearoa New Zealand Blair McInnarney; Fiona Imlach; Jonathan Kennedy; Susan M. Garrett INTRODUCTION Migraine is a complex neurological condition which requires evidence based treatment, tailored to the individual...

Psychosomatic nonsense strikes again:

The double invisibility of Long Covid in children Wild; MacLean; Nettleton; Hunt; Ziebland The Covid-19 pandemic has been dominated by discussions of mild and short-lasting cases or acutely serious or lethal forms of the disease; less attention has been paid to long-term Covid-19 symptoms...

Substantial differences in perception of disease severity between post COVID-19 patients, internists, and psychiatrists or psychologists: the Health Perception Gap and its clinical implications Ruzicka, Michael; Ibarra Fonseca, Gerardo Jesus; Sachenbacher, Simone; Heimkes, Fides; Grosse-Wentrup...

Long COVID: a new word for naming fibromyalgia? Xavier Mariette Long COVID is the name given to a syndrome comprising a wide variety of symptoms persisting more than 3 months after acute benign COVID-19, with a prevalence ranging from 10 to 80%. Symptoms are very close to fibromyalgia. Several...

Contesting the psychiatric framing of ME/CFS Published version, paywalled https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41285-017-0047-0 Full version: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/96679012.pdf Abstract ME/CFS is a medically contested illness and its understanding, framing and treatment has...

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Germany treatment for Hastings teen - ‘If we don’t go, I one hundred per cent believe Jaimee will die’

Post-COVID Patients With New-Onset Chronic Pain 2 Years After Infection: Cross-Sectional Study Andrés Calvache-Mateo; Alba Navas-Otero; Alejandro Heredia-Ciuró; Javier Matín-Núñez; Irene Torres-Sánchez; Laura López-López; Marie Carmen Valenza Background: Although pain is common in...

Symptoms of Long-COVID 1-Year After a COVID-19 Outbreak Among Sailors on a French Aircraft Carrier Anne Perisse, François De Cacqueray, David Delarbre, Hélène Marsaa, Cedric Bergmann, Virginie Da Silva, Antoine Bronstein, Nicolas Paleiron, Nastasia Menoud, Jacques Cobola, Catherine Verret...

https://www.kevinmd.com/2022/09/why-psychological-explanations-for-long-covid-are-dangerous.html

Every once in a while peptic ulcers are mentioned here as a parallel to ME/CFS. Peptic ulcers were seen as something caused by stress and/or bad dietary habits until the discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori in the stomach by two Australian doctors, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren...

Title : Medicine is Political Link : https://www.fast.ai/2021/10/12/medicine-political/ Article mentions ME/CFS and Covid as well as some other conditions. Opening paragraph :

There is a full paper somewhere out there too. Key points Route out to employment is positive mindset Lack of employment is a character deficit. Maintenance of a positive affect is woven into decisions over sanctions. Occurring in job centres and private provider premises, places of serious...