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Mindfulness Rebranded: Misappropriation in Modern Medicine

May 2112 min read

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Behind the Biological Veneer: A Closer Look at the BMJ, SIRPA and Garner’s Framing of Chronic Illness

This article explores how cognitive therapies contribute to a dangerous medical paradigm for chronic illness. We shall focus on Paul, ‘he’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy’, Garner’s opinion piece for the BMJ and his appearance at the SIRPA conference. We examine the historical, rhetorical, and systemic forces behind mind-body medicine and how they obscure harm through compassion-washing, concept laundering, and misplaced optimism.

May 2213 min read

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Mindfulness Rebranded: Misappropriation in Modern Medicine

Welcome to this critical exploration of therapeutic uses of mindfulness and meditation in medicine. Together, we shall look at the skyrocketing of mindfulness in healthcare, examine its assimilation into cognitive behavioural therapy during its third wave, and unpack the influential role of Jon Kabat-Zinn.

May 2112 min read

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Report reveals systemic neglect, missing data, and vanishing services

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On Pseudoscience with Dr Jonathan Stea

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Mindfulness Rebranded: Misappropriation in Modern Medicine

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LONG COVID ADVOCACY BLOG

Behind the Biological Veneer: A Closer Look at the BMJ, SIRPA and Garner’s Framing of Chronic Illness

Mindfulness Rebranded: Misappropriation in Modern Medicine

The Suzanne O'Sullivan Show

Stocktake Unveiled: Uncovering NHS Inaction on Long Covid and ME/CFS

Frogs, Punks and Exceptionalism

On Pseudoscience with Dr Jonathan Stea

Make some noise for Long Covid Awareness month

ABOUT LCA

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