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I'd call that a warning sign about lack of benefit.

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The word 'exercise' is too limited in that it invokes the physical sense only. We need something that covers physical, mental, and social exertion, without having to spell it out (in the first instance, it can be done later in follow-up info). 'Effort' is too closely aligned to notions of...

+1 on both points. In the age of hi-def video cameras in every phone there must be good pre-illness footage of some patients fully engaged in life to be able to use in a before-and-after compare-and-contrast. Good graphics work. This one linked further down that thread makes me laugh...

There is a danger in overplaying it, or being perceived to overplay it. You don't want to provoke fear of the afflicted, only fear of the affliction. Also, zombies are not a particularly original meme these days. I like the version: 'the more you do, the sicker you get' (Suggested by...

I see they have been downgraded to merely 'some' of the country's leading ME researchers and clinicians. Oh dear. How sad. Never mind. :cool:

Where's a giant steaming turd emoji when you need one? :brb:... . . . . . Ahhhhhh, that feels much better. :)

I remain deeply skeptical about the true nature of the alleged intimidation and threats faced by Wessely & co. There needs to be a high level, transparent, independent, and rigorous formal public inquiry into the facts. I do not believe Wessely & co will come out of it looking good, but that...

GET is not pacing. Psychs want to make it appear so. But it isn't, and can't be. They are mutually exclusive approaches. It can only be GET or pacing, but not both.

I'll wait until I see the money, and where it goes, including ME patients getting a much better deal from Centrelink. The rest is just words.

Change just one word and the whole thing changes: Functional cognitive disorder (FCD) describes cognitive dysfunction in the absence of a known organic cause. Which is why they always leave that critical caveat out. This is straight fraud.

Same old, same old.

It is better than the Guardian's usual standard on this subject. I'll give it that.

The comments just demonstrate the problem that the article is discussing.

I'm sure there is a joke in there somewhere.

Surprise! :woot: Not. :bored:

This shit show is a long way from over yet. The BPS cult have made it abundantly clear that they are not for the turning, are going to redouble their efforts, fight to the bitter end, and that we patients are merely expendable pawns in their crusade.

This.

Who needs evidence?

It's bizarre. When I went for the psych component of my assessment to get the pension, the psych asked me if I had any history of mental illness. And I said no. He then said, well personal history doesn't really matter anyway, because people can get mental problems without any history too...