I'm happy to see more academics take an interest in this whole mess of ME/CFS/PACE/CBT/GET/SMC/LP etc.
It's a review of CBT for CFS. The effect on nonblinding is that of introducing bias into self reported measures. So by saying they used subjective...
[ATTACH] The Ridsdale 2001 article is claimed to be blinded according to this table, but outcomes are fatigue scores. They must mean some other...
The findings seem rather predictable, but I fear that they might lauch an investigation to see if the emotional experience of need frustration...
Full article is locked - I wanted to check if they discussed the problem of biased self reporting and lack of blinding.
The review is here https://www.cochrane.org/CD001027/DEPRESSN_cognitive-behaviour-therapy-for-chronic-fatigue-syndrome
I get that it's a stressful job to see sick people all day but seeking comfort in an illusion isn't the answer. One of the functions of...
Whatever their reasons, the network of people that Wessely and Fiona Fox belong to is highly motivated to shape public perception and politics...
I don't have anything to say about the study, but am happy to see @sTeamTraen taking a closer look at this study. I suspect strange discoveries...
They really cannot handle uncertainty.
If you're on good terms with Cochrane, maybe it's time to suggest that they release their own statement that makes it very clear that the review...
I am not sure I understand. We probably made fun of whatever papers were in that review. Are we so powerful that Cochrane caved in and withdrew a...
They managed to once again turn a story about scandalous scientific problems affecting millions into a story about the bad character of some...
We would need our own PR group that can proactively get our message out there, so that it is no longer the BPS narrative that dominates the press...
They might have won this PR battle, but I suspect they have lost the war over the Cochrane review. Is it usual for a review to be temporarily...
The idea that the illness is perpetuated by thoughts and behaviour is ridiculous and without scientific basis and there is nothing wrong with...
I think the unexpressed statement behind patients having a COI is that patients are receiving disability benefits and do not want to be cured.
Sorry but I think you're being naive. They people that were interviewed want to save face and avoid publicly acknowledging the more serious...
Good news, but awfully biased article. The activist side is not represented at all.
Anyway, I am very curious about the results, considering case reports like this: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=75761
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