Open Letter to the Royal College of Psychiatrists – Long Covid Advocacy

[Chandelier]

BlueSky post:

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On #MEAwarenessDay we are sending an open letter to @rcpsych.bsky.social calling for alignment with current evidence. Supported by 20 organisations. +35 advocates, clinicians & academics! In democratic spirit we are offering a public sign-on opportunity ️ #RCPsychIC #Garner






Anyone is welcome to sign the open letter. The form is open for 2 weeks & then will be sent to President-Elect Prof Subodh Dave on May 26th. With collective effort we hope for change from the Royal College that will benefit all people with ME & Long Covid.

Public Sign-On: Open Letter to the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Our key concern is the platforming of speakers Paul Garner, Trudie Chalder & Alan Carson at the RPsych International Congress, given their long-standing association with psychiatric-led psychosocial frameworks of ME & now Long Covid.

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[ahimsa]

In that Bluesky thread the Long Covid Advocacy group points to this article (includes a link to an audio version) with more background info:

Open Letter Urges Royal College of Psychiatrists to Align with Current Evidence

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.

www.longcovidadvoc.com

On a side note, when I tried to look at the Bluesky profile for the Royal College of Psychiatrists ( @rcpsych.bsky.social ) I got this message:

Sign-in Required
This account has requested that users sign in to view their profile.

Why not make their account public? Seems a bit strange.

Their website is public: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/

PS. It could just be that some folks are not aware of what settings to choose when they create a social media account. I've seen this situation with advocacy groups who did not realize that people could not read their posts if not logged in.

 

[forestglip]

Why not make their account public? Seems a bit strange.

I seem to remember some other organization or person where they had not been aware their posts required login until someone pointed it out to them. That might be the case here.

 

[Chandelier]

Reminder BlueSky post by Long Covid Advocacy:

days to go and our total today is 945 signatures! We're nearly at 1000.

AIM: Remove Garner, Chalder & Carson from influencing the next generation of psychiatrists with harmful views for patients.

Sign up ️
tinyurl.com/yzk9m7et