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Yes, in France, in the last few years, the authorities have completely changed the guidelines for autism, and put to the bin the crazy psychoanalysis theories. But in reality, the social and medical personnels haven't been replaced and are still in place, thus the treatment people with autism...

The paper is published, thread there.

Christina Mueller, Joanne C. Lin, Sulaiman Sheriff, Andrew A. Maudsley, Jarred W. Younger Behind a paywall https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11682-018-0029-4

Thanks @Lucibee Great article!

Psychiatric and psychological professionals, the best psychics...

Definitively not a nice guy: https://liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/james-watson-in-his-own-words/ (Warning, it's really not pretty) Edit: and scientifically questionable (eg: “There is a biochemical link between exposure to sunlight and sexual urges.. that’s why you have Latin lovers”)...

Yes, I've never understood this blatant contradiction: patients are told that focusing on symptoms is a factor in perpetuating them. Yet the first thing you're ordered to do in a CBT course is to keep a diary of your symptoms which makes you focus on them. (I guess it's the same logic as in the...

Open access here. Many similarities with the PACE flaws:

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/21/health/medical-uncertainty-diagnosis-afm/index.html

(Paragraph breaks are mine) Open access: http://www.jbc.org/content/early/2018/12/06/jbc.RA118.005816.long

They really managed to get an impressive press coverage, more articles in French: https://www.pourquoidocteur.fr/Articles/Question-d-actu/27761-Syndrome-fatigue-chronique-viendrait-de-systeme-immunitaire...

I would have bet that a few months ago, but given how discredited the PACE trial is, I'm not sure it is tenable, and even they are starting to realise it. But at the same time, they've shot themselves in the foot so often, so they may try...

And Pariante retweeting...

Or maybe a sign that he is starting to sing a different tune (I realise that this is probably way too optimistic, but, hey, who knows?)

Confirmation that the press release was orchestrated by the SMC:

You did great @JohnTheJack ! Sorry to hear you've been sick for so long.

In The Conversation, "Chronic fatigue syndrome: new evidence of biological causes"

FWIW, two short articles in French: https://www.topsante.com/medecine/fatigue/fibromyalgie/la-fatigue-chronique-un-probleme-immunitaire-629678 https://www.numerama.com/sciences/448745-vous-etes-tout-le-temps-fatigues-cest-peut-etre-la-faute-de-votre-systeme-immunitaire.html