I agree with @BruceInOz that we should from now on keep well away from this sort of argument. The GDG is supposed to decide based on evidence and...
I have not been turned down but things should get a bit clearer shortly.
Trying to close Carol Monaghan down is not something I would recommend anyone try!!
The reference to autoimmune disease was I think a complete red herring. There is no good reason to think EBV is involved in conditions like RA. I...
I am basing what I say on the assumption that we do not know that viruses are reactivated in ME. All the research I have seen in the last five...
Interesting to see that this is the most viewed paper in the journal this year. It seems that people are interested in the science of ME after...
That I absolutely agree with. The treatments were assumed to be effective at the point of introduction and no adequate testing was ever carried...
This is the difference between a science base and an evidence base. Medicine is evidence-based, despite what the homeopaths and Eastern mystics...
I forget exactly what material is in each but my memory is that it is the 1989 one in which Chalder explains how you have to do CBT. I may be wrong.
But saying there is no reason why it should is an opinion. It may be a very reasonable opinion but it is not based on any hard evidence that there...
I think this is very relevant. The Chalder and Wessely 1989 paper talks of requiring the patient to accept the validity of the treatment - this...
I would like to think we can move on from this approach. The argument here is not valid. Treatments very often do not address core pathology but...
I think that remains an option.
I suspect the problem is that none applied. There are few enough of them anyway.
There is a big difference between physicians and therapists. I was talking of physicians. As an NHS physician there was no need for me to have any...
I listened to the video. I am afraid I am very disappointed. Dr Kerr's description of the background immunology is vague, muddled and in places...
The NICE administration who set up the review were aware of the problem before the scoping meetings. I do not think dropping the NHS requirement...
Things are actually more complicated Tom. I think it is worth waiting to see how things actually pan out.
It has to be about evidence. Otherwise you go with Colin Barton and say all we need is some guidelines, doesn't matter what's in them. And there...
I agree. But then many patients psychiatrists deal with genuinely do not understand their own condition. Maybe none of us understand our own...
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