It wouldn't be surprising that people with adversities and sustained stress in childhood would have poorer health as adults across a number of...
I would say in a forum OR blog post I feel very comfortable saying they're lying. I agree that "misrepresent" or some other euphemistic phrase...
I'm confused here. When you talk about the "analysis they highlight," you mean the per-protocol analysis rather than the intention-to-treat...
why oh why are researchers sometimes so stupid?
Someone has published another Crawley paper--and it's the same journal that published and re-published the bogus Lightning Process trial. What...
wow! thanks all!
Well, they need to explain a lot of things, so it is not acceptable to not include the reviews. I'm glad Michiel is responding. We'll likely be...
This is what gets taught in methods courses in qualitative research.
pretty much, yeah.
I disagree. They state explicitly that their advice is based on the principles/approach formalized in PACE. The approaches are essentially both...
They supported the CBT/GET model and referred people to PACE, so they supported the deconditioning framework
I mean whatever provisions are available for people with illnesses to receive supportive therapies, or counseling if that's what one would call...
I agree. I was talking about the practicalities. Patients with ME should be able to get psychotherapy like anyone would without having to think...
what was the last funding of Esther?
Ah, that would be brilliant! If only.
It's the same essentially as with Crawley's LP study--the journal has twisted itself into pretzels to not call out the researchers. It is really...
Academic grifters of the highest order.
maybe those are coming soon? Fiona Godlee did let me know once about BMJ's serious IT challenges, which apparently made it difficult to change the...
haven't read it yet. More letters to BMJ are likely forthcoming. it's pretty disgraceful.
Hi, of course I never heard back. I have no idea what an "exploratory randomized trial." I assume they used to the term to indicate that it was a...
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