I'm sure there must be a psychological therapy for that :). Oh yes of course ... do keep posting :D.
Sorry, that was not really aimed at you, but I'm terrible at doing that; should really have tagged @Jonathan Edwards. (If you want to tag someone...
No, it says the opposite surely ... Also, does "mental health condition" necessarily equate to "mental illness", or does it also embrace other...
Yes.
Great to see you engaging here @Diane O'Leary :).
OK, that's interesting, something I'd not really considered, and most likely is a label incorrectly used in the paper. But the BPS people do...
Agreed. Whether they flatly deny it or not, that very much is what they are suggesting. If someone keeps walking into brick walls, and the...
Yes @Hutan, I agree 100%. "Over time, when your condition stabilises, you can very gradually increase your activities to work towards recovery" is...
Yes!
I don't agree with this. Medical care is not confined to pills and potions, but can and should include well informed advice and support. My wife...
If Carol Monaghan has not yet been made aware of this then she should be.
Few conditions have sparked as much controversy as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Professional consensus has long...
From link in @Sly Saint's post....
Are you maybe getting confused with the timeline for the new NICE guideline? Maybe someone heard about it and misinterpreted its implications perhaps?
Yes, I also touched on that in post #37. Their words seem a masterly bit of obfuscation. [ATTACH]
i.e. Just interested in ensuring they have a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Does a similar argument also apply to GET? What solid evidence was there that encouraging people to repeatedly ignore their bodies' natural safety...
I think it is deliberate ambiguity, which is a standard evasion strategy.
Quite so. [My bold] This clearly shows that the treatment was applied on the presumption of a disease mechanism that the paper itself concedes...
Quite. What the report says comes across as a smoke screen for what it doesn't say. It seems to be an art form.
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