It would help if they fixed those "imaginary"s. Presumably "imagery" is intended. But it is hard to be certain. Just an observation - not a...
She was, or may still be, a psychiatrist who played a prominent part in the CIBA conference andwho held strange views on somatisation. I did not...
Does that really apply if the only reason for the original illness was suggestibility leading to a false belief in illness.? Where does that leave...
Seeing the source of the paper I could not get past the memory of Professor Jan van Strabismus whom God preserve of Utrecht. I cannot imagine why.
Yes, I agree with some of the difficulties surrounding encephalitis, but I don't understand the need to add the additional layer of...
If suggestibility was the cause of the Royal Free "epidemic" what is proposed as the cause of the more sporadic outbreak in North West London...
There is certainly evidence from 1989 which could be considered a basis for reasonable inferences to be drawn. What standard of proof do you...
Did not Abbey, one of the sources of our woes, hail from Toronto General Hospital. So this should come as no surprise.
There has always been some difficulty in understanding what SW et al mean by the term "maladaptive behaviour" which, along with the dysfunctional...
It is interesting to note SW's explanation of the Royal Free as described in that paper The common feature of the stressors underlying outbreaks...
Quick! Someone! Get some Guidelines written for "Long-Covid".
The difficulty which this argument faces is that a number of cases were excluded from the paper on the basis that they were thought to be...
I have discovered where Wessely made use of the concept of Abnormal Illness Behaviour, which the 1988 indicated was the replacement for Hysteria...
They even have there own, new, special therapy CAT. Cognitive Analytic Therapy. No expense spared. Although sparing expense was probably the...
Strangely in the paper immediately following that last one https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/2/5525/1300.full.pdf · PDF file Two School Epidemics...
It is interesting to reread the Moss and McEvedy paper on the Blackburn School alleged hysteria...
I didn't know on which of the many threads to say this, but this is as good as any. It may, or may not, be worth pointing out that whatever it...
I disagree with that. Reference should be made to the alternative way in which the term might, in any particular instance, be intended. The word...
That seems to be a highly misleading description. The dual use has been long recognised. It' hard to see how they can use that first "is" with a...
Is the corollary of this that, if you were not admitted to hospital, you were never ill in the first place?
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