Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) (each question is answered on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 4 (all the time): I worry all the time about whether...
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They don't have the Stones to go through with a methodology that would give a convincing answer. Convincing outcomes probably wouldn't be too...
Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such educational films as Biopsychosocial Bonanza! and When Wombs Wander.
I think this exchange just further illustrates that calling something 'psychogenic' does not actually rise to the level of being categorized as...
"""Other researchers contend that CE/MDD is an atypical manifestation of anxiety or depressive states""" I like these people the best because...
I think I have that. I wonder if it's related to my post-eating satiety and post-sleeping awakedness? I'm going to make a doctor's appointment so...
As far as I can tell the evidence base for psychotherapy for depression is as poor as that for ME. Plus if you have bad PEM a psychotherapy...
I completely agree; however, a number of replies seem to take a different view and dismiss the inquiry out of hand. I don't think that's right as...
So it's news to these people that pain is psychologically distressing? That's literally part of the definition...
I guess for me it means nausea, lots of mucus, chills, and all that sort of stuff. I can see that the underlying sickness feeling could also fit...
The only thing I can think back on as similar was when I had a bad flu in elementary school. Not to do with the 'flu-like' symptoms. I...
I think a lot of it comes down to the nature of the scientific problem. The 'usual' investigative techniques came up empty. Governments and...
I was thinking about this and my conclusion was that any project that could possibly produce convincing data either way is almost certainly not...
I don't understand the hostility to this sort of research. Why is it wrong to ask this question? Why would we not want information about how...
(This is essentially a repetition of some things that have been said here) For me the issue with 'the Biopsychosocial model' - and by extension...
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Heartening to see this excellent piece on STAT. Thank you, David. Hopefully all the excellent comments will encourage STAT to continue to pay...
@chrisb what's all this talk of fighting and vigilance? Do not the clarifications signal peace for our time? They have received assurances thank...
I think the trouble with 'psychosocially phrased' causative models is that you can always tweak them to suit your pet theory. ____________...
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