Hard to know what really went/goes on in this experiment (which is what is was). I was horrified at the mindset of the researcher, as outlined in...
This study is only applicable to children with the CRPS (Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome). Need to read the whole study (paywalled) to tease out:...
Well maybe if Medicare for All is adopted here in the US, we'll have to shuck out this psych-fraud research funding. I do love the idea of...
In another article, perfectionism (studied for 50 years!) is associated with anxiety, depression and self-doubt. In other words, it's a close...
I think these "researchers" suffer from ethical-basic intelligence-and obsession with finding fault disorder, a perfectionism pathological and...
Seems to be confusion in the medical literature about the MUPS definition. It is a very broad category whose reason for being seems to be...
Yes, this is the most useful role of the survey. The causative factor(s) aren't precisely known. So, at least the wide-ranging definitions of PEM...
Droste's cocoa with skim milk and no sugar. Elevates mood and cognition (for me). Makes for some happiness whenever swallowed. Yum.
Previous and current research study has self-selected participants. So folks with mild ME sign up as they show up as scheduled. Certainly not...
There was a previous pilot study done. Guess those "research subjects" were self-selected. In other words, they had minimal to mild ME and could...
Found this today, see pages 49-51. Veterans Administration (USA) Therapists' Manual of CBT for Chronic Pain....
I hear you. Point taken!
No, not a rectocele. A surgically made pouch because of getting rid of much of the rectum due to the severe inflammatory process there (and...
I perused the transcript of the Australian video. It's the same rubbish: you can train your brain to stop feeling pain. that the brain is plastic...
I can and have (yesterday in 13 degree C induced pain) cheerleaded myself through some tough pain moments. "Don't focus on it." "You'll be home...
Friend of mine (ex-friend really) has ulcerative colitis (belongs to the chronic inflammatory, crohn's family). Her risk of bowel cancer is 37x...
I wouldn't want mindfulness completely divorced from its religious/philosophical underpinning. As Dr. Farhad Dalal points out in his critiques of...
Watched most of it. I want to visit the CBT and Mindfulness-Based CBT studies in pain reduction to learn how to dissect them. I am somewhat...
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