I think our charities need to be collating all this information from the 'specialised' NHS services being offered to PWME, so that if things do...
I've never had a vision in my head of PWME sitting around crossed legged in a circle before. Perfect conditions for spreading Covid in a...
I think CBT is described as a 'high intensity treatment' if it is being delivered by a therapist who has done the year's IAPT postgraduate...
I wonder if the more 'brain fogged' and severely exhausted a patient is when attending a medical consultation, the more they are likely to allow...
https://www.the-health-improvement-network.com/ Maybe patients with symptoms of fibromyalgia and CFS are more likely to have had intrusive...
The give away is when the clinics refer to patient recovery from ME/CFS, via using their 'therapies'.
I think the important part of this is that the guideline does not state that an individualised programme will (or should aim to) increase the...
It seems that PWME under these clinics should enquire as to the rational behind the offered 'therapies' and what the therapist anticipates the...
I know a number of FM sufferers who have had a CFS diagnosis added to their original FM diagnosis due to their 'chronic fatigue' and I presume...
I don't know, but my eldest is a teacher in a secondary school (ages 11-16) and a lot of the staff were getting Covid in the autumn despite having...
Yep. It's all based on stereotypes. Now I've read through the updated NICE adult autism guidelines I'm not overly impressed with them. There are...
I've just noticed the NICE autism guideline for adults was update in June 2021. I am just skimming them and they seem more detailed than...
What I don't think this guidance in the updated NICE autism guidelines recognises, is that advice given by CBT therapists is often illogical,...
I've just skimmed the NICE guidelines on adult autism and they were updated in June of this year. There is a section addressing this in them now...
Yes, the defining part of ME PEM that has been attributed to 'boom and bust' behaviour by our BPS overlords. The same must be happening to...
I think it is still because they are hung up on the single symptom of 'fatigue'. They assume that a person with the conditions listed can't have...
Copied from this thread and following posts moved Is there generally any acknowledgement that autistic people might respond differently to CBT...
I'm not sure of the formal evidence, but it does seem to be recognised by the NHS that CBT needs to be adapted for autistic people. However,...
I think it shows that mental health treatments (GET and CBT) are being delivered by healthcare professionals who aren't experienced in dealing...
So thankful for my autism diagnosis - it would make me exempt from their 'care';) On the serious side, I wonder if this is because administering...
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