This extract from above shows how little they understand re moderate or severe ME.
"Difficulties with memory and concentration are a core diagnostic criterion for chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME) and may be present in people with fibromyalgia and functional...
Hi does anyone have ideas for info about the nature of moderate ME that would be worth taking to a Jobcentre appt. I know this is a bit random. The person in question had an ESA where the assessor basically said she wasn't making enough effort and it looks like they are trying to put her in the...
This is just one example of a self-efficacy questionnaire:
Schwarzer - https://cyfar.org/sites/default/files/PsychometricsFiles/General Self-Efficacy Scale (Adolescents, Adults) Schwarzer.pdf p3
Items:
1. I can always manage to solve difficult problems if I try hard enough.
2. If someone...
So true, @Woolie, @strategist and @Trish.
The first time that I heard re the BPS idea, I felt exactly the same, ie all illnesses are influenced by biological, psychological and social factors to varying degrees.
Last time I was having steroid injections in my sacro-iliac joints by the pain...
Good results to take to UCL appointment in May for teen with ME, who is being threatened with discharge if she refuses to undertake their GET/CBT regime.
https://paedmhassoc.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/mus-guide-with-leaflet-nov-2018.pdf
p5
"Think about MUS if:
1. Your patient has undergone an unusual level of investigations and/or been to a significant number of hospital specialists relative to their diagnosis (remember MUS can also occur in...
Wesseley's remarks above, from:
"confusion between an illness belief, usually self-diagnosed, and a reproducible, reliable, exclusive case definition [12]."
I wonder which case definition/diagnostic criteria/name of illness this refers to? I cannot think of one that the BPS crowd have thought...
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