I don't like this article. It says that thinking of ME as purely a somatic illness is an extreme position. I think of it like that and I don't...
I think proposing a respected scientific advisor would demonstrate competence by the involved advocates.
Biomedical orientation is no guarantee for quality or relevance. For example, in one occasion, when pressed about the need for research into...
I agree that withholding the truth from patients that they probably have a serious and incurable illness makes it more likely that they will...
Gøtzsche has not taken a position on the PACE trial, MUS, CBT/GET, ME/CFS as far as I know. Some people tried to bring this to his attention but...
@FMMM1 I hope the EU has good scientific advisors because an uninformed person, despite having the best intentions, could come up with a plan that...
Nicely done! Good to see this is progressing.
Perversely it might be in their interest to create dysfunction in the doctor patient relationship so that they can position themselves as solution...
It's not in their self interest to propose interventions that don't involve psychology or don't require a psychologist to deliver. In my view the...
I don't understand how anyone can think ME is a form of hypochondria, unless they are very ignorant. The patients aren't overly concerned about...
But they had no evidence for the correctness of the model, and no credible evidence for efficacy of the treatment either (see PACE trial debate)....
Very good paper with some interesting information: It appears that the problem is maybe not with psychiatry but with some zealots that have strong...
This is maybe a bit off topic but I didn't think it deserved its own thread. Yesterday I caught myself thinking that I was feeling pretty good. I...
The device is going to be useful but I'm a bit skeptical about orthostatic intolerance being a reliable marker of ME/CFS severity. It's an...
It means they had a nonpsychiatric illness that was erroneously considered to be psychiatric.
I think it shows that people generally don't consider CBT/GET a promising treatment. Rituximab seemed to promise a cure or at least a good...
People here seem to be worried about depression being misdiagnosed as ME/CFS when I think the other way around might be much more likely (maybe...
Probably. However, a comparison to other illness besides psychiatric ones then wouldn't let them suggest that CFS should be viewed as somatic...
How exactly do these findings support the classification of CFS as psychiatric disorder? They don't. They just want CFS to remain their turf.
The German speaking countries are finally joining the movement. :) I also read that there will be a TV transmission on ME/CFS in Germany in a few...
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