Prof. dr. Vivienne Matthies-Boon

Am Tage der 1 Sitzung „Decade of Post Infection Syndromes” sollte es klar sein: Die letzten Jahrzehnte standen im Zeichen der Psychosomatik,was außer schlecht konzipierter Studien nichts gebracht hat. Jetzt, brauchen wir eine Decade der biomedizinischen Versorgung & Forschung! #MECFS #LongCovid

Some people asked for a transcription of @geschom.bsky.social truly excellent contribution on the problem of Psychologisation.

This was for the German Society for Neurologists (DGN) conference a few days ago. Happy to oblige of course!

English follows German.

#MECFS #LongCovid #PAIS

Unfortunately, the article is behind a paywall, but email me if you would like a copy - and after 6 months, it will be Open Access.

Vulnerability in the shadows: On the role of institutionalised solidarity and visibility as preconditions of Long Covid solidarity - Social Theory & Health As we settle into an endemic phase of Covid-19, we are faced with a new public health crisis—Long Covid, with estimates of over 400 million individuals affected globally, and research indicating that everyone is vulnerable. Despite this shared vulnerability, and in stark contrast to the widespread solidarity observed during the acute phases of the Covid-19 pandemic, solidarity seems to be all but absent when it comes to Long Covid. Focusing on the case of the Netherlands, this article sheds light on this discrepancy. Drawing on the work of Prainsack and Buyx (2017), we highlight two elements which help explain this discrepancy. First, the absence of sustained institutionalised solidarity, which could have enabled pandemic solidarity to persist and extend to individuals affected by Long Covid. Instead, Dutch pandemic policy shifted towards an increased emphasis on individual responsibility. Second, several factors rendered Long Covid invisible, such as the government’s unwillingness to monitor the disease, and the nature of the illness itself, which restricts patients’ advocacy. Yet, visibility is a precondition for the emergence of recognition of similarity which is needed for solidarity. We suggest that these elements help explain an absence of Long Covid solidarity beyond narratives of “pandemic fatigue”.

Extremely pleased that the article Tamar Sharon and I wrote on the invisibility of #LongCovid in the Netherlands has now been published!! This invisibility is not accidental, but a result of a lack of institutional solidarity by the government. 👇👇

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@fatigatioev.bsky.social @dgmecfs.bsky.social

Recording of the "On the Violence of Psychologisation of Postviral Illness: A Habermasian Solution?" talk - w. myself, @ffhambu.bsky.social, Sonja Hannibal & @privilegienschreck.bsky.social is now available online (with subs!) 😍 #LongCovid #MECFS #Injustice

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Today is the day. Teamslink in comments below.

Speakers will be added to the events page: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

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Meeting ID: 316 643 611 292 6
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This hybrid event suddenly got a lot more interesting!!😍Fabian Fritz @ffhambu.bsky.social, Mirja Nicolas @privilegienschreck.bsky.social & Sonja Hannibal will now also be part this debate on "The Violence of Psychologisation of Postviral Illnesses: A Habermasian Solution?"- Tuesday 23/09, 12pm

STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNG: Doktorand(inne)nstelle in der die existenziellen Auswirkungen von Long Covid durch das Prisma der vielfältigen "Tödlichkeit", insbesondere "lebendiger Tod", sozialer Tod und Selbstmord, erforscht werden. 👇 #MECFS #MCAS #Suizid #Tod #Deutsch

PhD Position: Ethics and Social Philosophy (specialisation: Health) | Radboud University Do you want to work as a PhD Ethics and Social Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies? Check our vacancy!

Deadline: 12 October
German & English language skills required, some knowledge of Dutch a pre.

More details: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

This will be a comparative empirical/practical philosophical project of 4 years’ duration focusing on Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) and the Netherlands. 4/5

Then we would encourage you to apply for this PhD position, wherein you will have the opportunity to explore the existential effects of Long Covid through the prism of multi-levelled ‘deadliness’, particularly ‘living death’, social death and suicide ideation. 3/5

Are you a passionate PhD candidate in practical philosophy, interested in the phenomenology of health & illness, the philosophy of death and/or patient participation and social justice? Are you interested in examining the deep existential impacts of Long Covid on patients? 2/5

WE ARE HIRING! PhD position in Ethics and Social Philosophy (Long Covid). Deadline 12 October.

Are you a passionate PhD candidate in practical philosophy, eager to explore health, illness, death, & the existential impact of Long Covid? Apply now for this unique PhD position! 1/5

Man gewöhnt sich daran, es aufzunehmen 😉 Gestern wurde auch eine Vorlesung für Studenten aufgenommen. Ist wirklich nicht so spannend wie es scheint. 😉🫂

Yes i think so. 🙂

bsky.app/profile/buec... here is also a better view. 😉

I totally understand, but in my opinion (and no i don't get commission or anything 🤣), it is sooooo worth it. This is the golden series cover by Rackmask, but a limited edition of that, which was handmade. I am so happy with it, and will reuse this as my conference or "formal events" mask.

I always wear @zhouliangmask.bsky.social and @rackmask.bsky.social i really find they are the best. In terms of comfort, fit and also design.

Möchte nur noch dazu sagen: ich und meine Familie tragen immer und überall Maske, und in meinen Vorträgen betone ich immer die Wichtigkeit der Prävention durch Maske und saubere Luft. So auch hier...

And then Sigga Weland presented her qualitative work on MECFS patients in Denmark, relaying the profound existential impact of not being believed and being psychologised.

Then Ronja Büchner relayed how their quantative data showed that the experience of psychologisation was no only prominent in Long Covid and Post Vac patients - but also detrimental to their (already fragile) health and decreased their trust in medics.

The second on the historical foundations of this psychologisation by Dr Paula Muhr, where she explained how illnesses regarded as "unexplained" became increasingly psychologised through its relation to hysteria.

I am so happy that pur Panel (in German) on "The Violence of #Psychologisation: #LongCovid and other postviral illnesses" went well. It consisted of 4 presentations, the first by myself on the epistemological problems of the BPS model and the need for a postviral ethics.

Neue link!! #Psychologisierung #Gewalt #LongCovid #MECFS #MCAS

uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/3628436005...

Morgen (04.09) geht die Konferenz der Kritischen Psychologie los. 😍

Unser Panel zum Thema "Die Gewalt der Psychologisierung: #LongCOVID und andere postvirale Infektionen" beginnt um 18 Uhr.

Der Livestream ist hier:
www.youtube.com/live/y0xvESX...

#MCAS #MECFS #ethics #epistemicinjustice

Hat jemand Erfahrung damit? #MCAS #LongCovid

“Have you considered that it could be burnout?”—psychologization and stigmatization of self-reported long COVID or post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome - BMC Medicine Background People reporting long COVID (LC) or post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome (PCVS) not only suffer from their symptoms but also from stigmatization. Despite ample account and characterization of...

Amazing article by the wonderful and amazing @buechnerronja.bsky.social 😍😍😍 on the stigmatisation and psychologisation of #LongCovid and post-VAC. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....