You're obviously much more knowledgeable than I am re this. At a simple level you can switch questionnaires for actimetry/actimetry* but I guess...
Yea the standard approach if a techniques is flawed (questionnaires) is to design it out. OK there may be some things you can't easily measure...
And it can be measured - see @Hutan post - so a testable hypothesis?
Bear in mind that these autoantibody tests are notoriously unreliable. There's a thread here re a new technique which should result in better...
I'm guessing a good lawyer/barrister makes sure a discussion focuses on material which benefits their case - if that is the case then are the...
I suspect it would be difficult to use the 2007 Guidelines now i.e. since the evidence no longer supports the intervention (CBT/GET). If a health...
I think one of the challenges will be to try to manage the optics --- Royal College of Physicians will have to back down from their currently...
@Jonathan Edwards these folks seems to be conspiring to create the public interest for you to publish that book --- are you orchestrating this...
I've analysed the responses to a few policy consultations (I work at a very junior level in planning policy in a UK devolved administration)....
Yea he's ignoring the fact that in illness like Alzheimers there are no diagnostic tests or treatments (think that's still true in the UK) and...
There's a bit of me agrees with @Jonathan Edwards * if the medical profession do refuse to endorse this then it may simply highlight this fiasco...
Just posted this* on the Times site. It may look familiar to you @Jonathan Edwards @Michiel Tack Must remember to cancel the subscription before...
I didn't know there was a "Dutch study failed to show a positive" - could someone send m a link? Also, is someone responding to the Times...
@Andy just wondering if anyone is planning to respond to the article in the Times? More generally are you guys planning on responding to these...
Re the neurologist quoted in the Times Send in the clowns - or, in this case, the neurologist --- "some people find them helpful" --- great...
It's been running through my mind that the draft NICE Guidelines represent a positive development for NICE. I.e. NICE finding it's way back to its...
If you check out the NIHR funding awards you'll see that this study* was awarded £150K [https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR200509]. Start...
Yea, and the draft NICE Guidelines were published in November last year, so much for the Secretary of State [AKA - Minister] for Health and...
Yip this rings true "The benefit, surely, is in getting difficult patients out of the door" @Jonathan Edwards pointed out that this was an...
From a practical perspective the BPS mob don't seem to be able to bring anything to the game/issue. If you objectively measure the baseline and...
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