Thanks Trish, I'd not spotted that. It looks as if the potential for bias is build into the Cochrane model.
Grief I hadn't realised one the authors is from MS's department, well there's a surprise...... I'm assuming this is acceptable procedure for...
Yes, the process is explained here, it's the authors who choose an available topic:...
Thanks for the explanation. You said that "....Cochrane does not so much choose someone as someone offers and Cochrane approves " does that not...
Thanks. Do you know if it is normal practice for Cochrane to choose someone who isn't a medical doctor and who has no or little previous...
Can someone tell me Dr Larun's background is, is she a psychiatrist? Very experienced in clinical trials?
Good grief Sly Saint, I had thought you used software, you do it so quickly, amazing!
I wasn't thinking it would change their minds of those who hold strong BPS views, but rather that if the GDG are required to start from the...
The government accepts both the WHO and SNOMED classifications of ME/CFS. NICE should be accepting the government's position on classification of...
NICE said their guideline is not fit for purpose, yet they are happy to fill their committee with those who are seemingly happy to prescribe...
The worry would be what sort of experts? We know from Brian Hughes that many of the issues in PACE are common practice in psych research, we know...
Do you mean we get subverted into a general MUS category? That's my fear.
I've had a wee look and there do look to be connections between Dr Clare Gerada and Dr Norma Flynn, however that's all we know for sure, we have...
Quite so, and the government policy spans decades under the reign of all main political parties, all culpable.
Interesting fact, the judge at the NICE Judicial Review in 2009:...
The 2007 GDG was totally skewed in favour of the BPS view, including Doctor William Hamilton who had worked for the health insurance industry for...
Some historical info on one of the NICE committee members, Dr Gabrielle Murphy. 1. "Coercion as Cure?" p 4-7:...
Agree, until I read of the major, major issues with so much of psychological/psychiatric research, as explained by Brian Hughes, I hadn't...
And perhaps that is how some really view us? That is the world as they see it.
And especially so if they are female.
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