I actually think terms like fibrofog get things backwards. How can I help, Mrs Norton? I have terrible fibro fog today. Ah, then you must have...
For example, it is flawed logic to suppose that a trial of CBT or other psychological therapy should somehow attempt to separate the effect of the...
Do have any meaningful trial evidence though? The problem we have with GET and ME-style CBT is that medical organisations are claiming that...
I came to the conclusion that the make up of the author group and IAG was quite appropriate. I agree with Caroline that this re-hash review is...
I am not sure that one can assume that. Julia Newton may not have wanted to waste time editing something produced by therapists designed to save...
Yes, they love a bit of B to go with the P and S. The odd cytokine or bendy neck or blood clot. I don't see blood clots altering the landscape any...
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The obvious choice, as you suggest, is old fashioned counselling. It used to be done by GPs and by psychiatrists - no need to call it anything...
It sounds as if instead of either drugs or 'proper CBT' the idea is just to suggest stuff, including 'sort-of therapy', gym and meditation. People...
This comment is interesting in two respects: Despite these therapies being recommended in the 2007 NICE Guideline, many clinical staff are aware...
Oh good, another silly quote to put in my book.
But then what is recognised by NHS psychotherapists seems to be based on magical thinking rather than evidence anyway! I bet the 'need for...
Although these authors do not seem to be up to speed on evidence they do seem to have the right idea in some ways. They are questioning the...
I see the exercise of counting symptoms as completely facile because we use symptoms for a range of different purposes and which ones are relevant...
But everyone knows that you are biased @adambeyoncelowe - you were on that dreadful committee.
I see that CGATist is Chris Ponting and his name comes first. That is how it should be.
I am not sure that people ho make up tings like this realise there is a difference.
I think the timing is too odd. Either the authors sat on the paper for nearly a year after being asked for minor revisions, or, to make more...
It looks pretty ghastly to me. Masses of questions that would be impossible to know how to answer. One to one human communication is more subtle...
But these tests have no proven value for diagnosis of any of the proposed categories. This stuff is make believe and I think it is important that...
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