This is very true. However: If the evidence for the efficacy of GET is shown to be no good on general principles of method then it will be very...
No, as JTJ says, this is the clever twist to BPS. There is no 'cause'. And that is a valid analysis; there is rarely a single 'cause' of anything....
I don't think you can ever build an ethical argument on numbers like that. It is a matter of reasonable diligence in making the right diagnosis....
It depends on what you mean by authoritative I think. If it just means 'eminent' then as you say, it is just an argument from authority which cuts...
I agree there are complexities to interpreting blood counts like this but I do not see what this has to do with a guideline on ME. People with...
I agree but how do we take ME/CFS out on present evidence if we have none? If CBT and GET for ME are withdrawn that will knock the MUS programme...
I am afraid they wouldn't. The current NICE guidelines is very reasonable on these tests. There is no need to do tilt table tests routinely and I...
This I very much agree with. So the key debate is about whether it is legitimate to continue with these. It really doesn't matter what theory they...
Absolutely, but there is nothing in the NICE guidelines that says PWME must be ignored as hypochondriacs. And it is nothing to do with the...
The comment about FND being emotionally generated is intriguing but I don't think you would find any consensus about that amongst doctors who...
There is a horrendous neglect of almost all groups of patients in the NHS. I think ME patients are mostly ignored because they are considered to...
I am not sure about that. Functional neurological disorder seems to me to be a very reasonable category for a narrow group of patients with...
I think more likely they are a psychological and a physical therapy designed to alter psychological behaviour. I agree it is moot - but I see so...
I agree that raising doubts about CBT and GET for ME have major implications for the CBT and GET industry. But whether ME has served as a...
Diane and I have agreed to differ over this. While I think all publicity about the debate is good because we need more people within medicine to...
I forget exactly who Sue Pemberton is. Her comments sound sympathetic but I worry about bits like: What evidence base is there for this either?...
I am sure it is - hence the quotation marks around 'placebo effect'.:)
Yes, I think these results are a nice indication that this positive psychological effect people like Chalder think works through affecting...
One thing that is striking about all these get up and go therapies is that there isn't a single grain of information that isn't just what any of...
I don't think this is that easy. There are drugs that inhibit mast cell signalling to a degree but not very cleanly and anyway you would have to...
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