Thanks for that. Hm. And the consequences of that can be that clinicians continue to recommend ineffective or even harmful treatments. I did...
I’m not convinced that the evidence for exercise being effective in fibromyalgia is much stronger than for us. (Although I get the impression...
Regarding the phobia vs fear-avoidance discussion above (a few pages above now!), I was thinking about this 2005 study by Gallagher et al, where...
My understanding is that supplementary file 1 bmjpo-2017-000233-SP1.pdf tells us how they used answers to items in other questionnaires to see...
I think it’s important to see how the IOM criteria work in clinical populations. I would prefer to see studies done by actually applying the...
If you liked Twisk's letter you may also enjoy... the thread with all the GETSET letters here:...
Hi everybody! This has led to a useful discussion, I think. Thanks to @Jonathan Edwards for the thoughtful response. The good news is that we...
Any chance we could lose the cardigan jokes? I wore a cardigan in work, a red one (speech & language therapist). I worked with people who wore...
In the section on treatment of “Dizziness and Orthostatic Symptoms”, Crawley states: “Treatment should start with behavioral methods, including...
In their response to the points I raised about severe and very severe ME, Clark and colleagues suggest that the "use of teletherapy for patients...
The ME Association has posted a blog today on the GETSET letters published in the Lancet last week:...
I searched for instances of the word "psychological" in Wilshire, Kindlon et al's paper. I found one: Instances of the word "psychology" were...
Thank you, @Trish , on both counts. Congrats to @Robert 1973 and the other authors. I really enjoyed reading everyone's points. When the...
I’d like to second @Robert 1973 ‘s acknowledgement of Tom and others. It is the example of @Tom Kindlon , Keith Geraghty and other patients...
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