I submitted the following letter to Lancet Psychiatry, regarding Perez's commentary about the CODES trial, on Saturday: "It is encouraging to see...
I'm totally with the amazeballs Baffles my head Did no one at the lancet get the criticisms re PACE. What that passed them by? X
In my opinion kinda needs to be preceded by a lot of supportive data and evidence base. Not kinda like 'I think it is so because I believe it'...
You'd have thought that a commentary would be peer reviewed? Am I being niave here? Just cos the chap is at Harvard doesn't mean he don't talk...
It is scary that this poor quality science has taken hold. I'm not surprised that you are angry. It's institutionalising and...
I've been doing a bit more background reading and I found this positive and informative website: https://fndhope.org From the CODES trial paper...
Thanks for your input. I'll try and work out the system for quotes etc. I hope this works :-) This for sure is the problem. Why so hard to...
Thanks for that when I get a chance I'll look it up :) Do you happen to come from a medical / neurology background per chance? :) that's good...
Merged thread New Lancet publication from Trudie Chalder and crew. This is perhaps rather long but I think important background information for...
Sorry - Wessely School - CBT/GET cures pwME and FM etc :-( That school of thought. Health psychology has been around a while. I've not read any...
Hello, I never said it was not going to stop some people from trying :-) Medicine has a long history of psychologising and what it doesn't...
Hi Jonathan, I agree that there is precious little known about the underlying mechanisms driving chronic centrally sensitised pain. I agree...
Definitely two approaches which are totally contradictory. There is a lack of awareness of this in the medical world. Clinicians need to work...
"They would rather have attention focussed on better pain relief, or better drugs to manage the condition causing the pain, or a cure then just...
9 Hi Marge, You made me smile - I don't think you are a slow learner - I think you are human :-) It can take a long time and a lot of courage...
That's interesting that TC is advocating ACT. It totally opposite to WS. ACT is adapting and adjusting to living well with and many patients will...
Hi, so essentially the impact / distess of the chronic pain on their functioning across the board (relationships, social life, work and so forth)...
The central sensitisation model is well understood and studied in chronic pain and fibromyalgia. It's understood and taught on pain management...
Thanks for that. More about gathering of data than anything. "The IAPT programme’s success has been defined by its participant’s ability to...
yip that's the one :-)
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