Long Covid Advocacy (Substack blog)

[Chandelier]

Psychologisation 101 Update

The Psychologisation Infographic is out! This was our first article in the 101 series, and you can read the updated version here, as we have since finalised our infographic process. We thought it would be helpful to release the graphic here and go over some recent articles that show...

www.longcovidadvoc.com

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Psychologisation 101 Update​

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Infographic Published: 13/10/26. Independently reviewed by 3 people with lived experience. Not created with AI.​

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The Psychologisation Infographic is ready and available for you to download. This was our first article in the 101 series, and you can read the updated version here, as we have since finalised our infographic process. We also thought it would be helpful to go over some recent articles that show psychologisation is still highly relevant and embedded in medicine.​

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[Amw66]

Psychologisation 101 Update

The Psychologisation Infographic is out! This was our first article in the 101 series, and you can read the updated version here, as we have since finalised our infographic process. We thought it would be helpful to release the graphic here and go over some recent articles that show...

www.longcovidadvoc.com

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Psychologisation 101 Update​

3 min read​

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​

Infographic Published: 13/10/26. Independently reviewed by 3 people with lived experience. Not created with AI.​

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The Psychologisation Infographic is ready and available for you to download. This was our first article in the 101 series, and you can read the updated version here, as we have since finalised our infographic process. We also thought it would be helpful to go over some recent articles that show psychologisation is still highly relevant and embedded in medicine.​

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Interesting to compare with the most recent MEA infographic .
Though subject differs, layout , use of colour , factual content knocks the spots off the MEA one .
Both concerning and sad .

 

[Sean]

That is good. Particularly the keywords and phrases for patients and carers to watch out for, and the vicious cycle of psychologising delaying or even preventing good research.

If there is a weak point it is that the history of Medical Misrepresentation is often not as clear cut as that. (Certainly not saying it did not happen. But would need some solid references of that being a widespread belief in the medical profession about the specific cited diseases to back it, not just a few fringe hardcore psychobabblers and moralists.)

 

[Trish]

I seem to be allergic to infographics so I'm not the best person to comment.

The content seems OK, but the style gets in the way of the substance for me.
The use of little pictures seems to me to be infantilising. We need serious articles, not pretty pictures and coloured boxes.

 

[JellyBabyKid]

We need serious articles, not pretty pictures and coloured boxes

We do; but what about the people we are trying to engage with?

 

[Trish]

We do; but what about the people we are trying to engage with?

I'm not clear who this infographic is trying to engage with. Can anyone explain?

 

[Sparkly Unicorn]

I'm not clear who this infographic is trying to engage with. Can anyone explain?

I seem to be allergic to infographics so I'm not the best person to comment.

The content seems OK, but the style gets in the way of the substance for me.
The use of little pictures seems to me to be infantilising. ImWe need serious articles, not pretty pictures and coloured boxes.

I think there's two articles with the infographic? One original and the updated recent one?

 

[Sparkly Unicorn]

I think it's a relief to have a one page summary. So many people I would send resources too would not read an article. And not everyone with PEM can cope with lots of reading.

 

[rvallee]

The use of little pictures seems to me to be infantilising. We need serious articles, not pretty pictures and coloured boxes.

We need more of something in between. It wouldn't take much to tweak the serious factor up just a bit and have much bigger impact than serious articles. Serious articles do not have any effect, the schism is not over substance. Good design beats substance every time, even more when the substance is solid, which is the case here.

But I definitely agree that cutesy graphics don't hit the right spot. I understand the boast about not using AI, but this is something where AI will be immensely useful in the coming months and years. The design skills of top end models have become absolutely mind-blowing. They have style, they have "it". The kind that people used to pay $100K to top end firms for.

 

[Felis Catus]

I think Claire Every. She is an advisor to LC Support charity and it says on their website:

The website of the charity has changed, as well as their name (now Long COVID UK).

Claire is no longer listed as their advisor.

We see LC Advocacy writing about ME/CFS and calling for specialist nurse & consultant care. LC UK is calling for multidisciplinary holistic clinics.