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Still worth trying to get as few people to hate us as possible while informing them of the truth!

Given the amount of press coverage the “mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural intervention program for CFS/ME” study got one could argue that it really warrants a 10,000 word thorough take down. But at the same time, who would want to do that post-PACE? This is why we keep needing a steady...

I wondered if the 'stupid studies' title could be unhelpful for reaching out to the persuadable middle when I first saw it, but at the same time, that such a short blog could so easily pick apart two studies is ridiculous. Is there value in trying to be polite about these things? If so it's a...

Although there will almost certainly be an attempt to present any challenging question as 'harassment', so it would probably need to be very carefully done to be of benefit!

Are you attending the talk? I don't know. Bishop co-wrote that really annoying Nature piece that indicates she had no real understanding of the problems around PACE: http://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Lewandowsky-Bishop-2016-Nature.pdf She had also co-arranged...

She'll be able to quote from Montgommery's BS HRA letter to pretend PACE critics were all misguided without addressing any of the real criticism. I suspect most of the audience will be stupid enough to fall for it.

Hopefully she's okay.

https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Resources%20for%20High%20Intensity%20Therapist%20courses.pdf I thought I got the above link from this thread, but can't see it now. Guide for IAPT promoting CBT/GET for CFS, using PACE manulas and the Lancet PACE paper as the only supporting...

Possibly - I just wasn't sure if there'd be any downside to posting the e-mail and his contact info on a public forum. I know a lot of those corporate e-mails include 'not to be republished' small print, but I don't really know what is seen as the done thing, so just thought I'd mention it for...

But it's my own informed decision to self-actualise as an awesome pink bear with a bright and cheering rainbow.

I guess that relates to my discussion with @Diane O'Leary and my view that a lot of the important ethical problems surrounding ME/CFS cut across the psychosomatic/biomedical divide. I don't see a clear divide between the sort of psychosocial management we see from the biopsychosocial lot and the...

Myhill has a history of making misleading claims. It's unhelpful but I'm not sure that there's much we can do about it.

I think that my comment came across as more wide ranging (and insulting!) than I intended. Sorry. I am pleased to see you posting here and appreciate you sharing your views. I was talking specifically about the bit I quoted: "NICE diligently avoids language that sounds psychosomatic because...

Ta Suffolkres. Any reason to just summarise the e-mail rather than post it on a public forum? I don't know, but thought I'd check with you.

They funded it, so they're hyping it! "Funder name Multiple Sclerosis Society" http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN69897291

I take your point that Wessely and co often seem to be playing a language game around psychosomatic/functional/MUS/etc... but they have been playing this game and I think that means that it's a mistake to just use the 'psychosomatic' label to apply to all their work/treatments when they haven't...

Thanks Diane - I thought I'd just add a few points. Are there any quotes from NICE where it says that they only provide 'psychosomatic' care? Are there any quotes from IOM, NIH or CDC where they say that the UK is on the wrong side? I worry that 'psychosomatic' can be used as a label that...

I've just re-read this blog, and I think the psychosomatic/biomedical divide is unhelpful and gets in the way of exploring the ethical problems with the way patients are treated. This approach leaves a lot of room for Wessely and co. to play word games that makes them seem sophisticated in ways...

Also, I think that an acknowledgement of the problems with PACE/GET/etc would undermine the reptutations and careers of a lot of key people. I don't think it's something that the BPS movement could rapidly bounce back from (which could be one reason why they're fighting so hard to save their...

"Debate about ME/CFS management must now be focused on the risk of denying access to biomedical care for patients suffering from serious disease" I don't think that this is right, at least, not until we have more useful biomedical care. During PACE patients were meant to be provided with...