Don't think psychiatry is the problem. I suspect that for people with something like schizophrenia or severe depression psychiatrists can be useful.
I thought some CBT for CFS studies also tested immune markers with null results such as the study by Lloyd et al. 1993 and the one by Jason et al....
I wasn't around back then but weren't there patients who kept supporting her, dismissed the failed replication attempts and were aggressive...
Thanks for posting this. I thought it was well-written. Never knew it was that bad and that she committed scientific fraud.
Except for the EBV-studies, there probably is no research on risk markers for CFS or ME. I only know of studies that used longitudinal data from...
There are some other interesting things in this paper. It explains that 40 years ago a guy called Arthur Barsky invented the 'somatosensory...
Yes, I guess one could say minuscule. The Cohen d they report are all below 0.32. That would already suggest that these aren't the key factors in...
Edzard Ernst asks: Could anyone from Norway give the latest info on this?
Sounds interesting. There's not abstract but you can view the first page which reads:
I'm considering to change the name of my blog to 'Tacks' Take'
Thanks very much for the offer. In the free version of Wordpress you have access to a dashboard but you can't install plugins or add CSS code so...
Thanks so much for pointing this out, some of the buttons still had the old links in them, should be fixed now. Yes, that would be great but...
It's the video of Evelien Van Den Brinks speech from last year. Discussed here:...
Or correction: the editors took their word for it. It's probably more their responsibility than the peer-reviewer who at least brought it up.
Yes but if it is not clear if a manuscript presents a full trial or a feasibility study, one would ask to see the protocol, trial registration,...
The EMEC website has moved to its own webdomain at: https://europeanmecoalition.com/ The old page was hosted by Wordpress. It's still there and...
I have formally submitted my comments to Cochrane. Like Tom Kindlon back in 2015, I have divided my comments into two submissions because the text...
Yes good point. Would be interesting to look into how harms are usually found and reported. Haven't the energy to look into this, but I suspect...
This might be of interest. https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1501 Objective To provide an overview and critical appraisal of early warning...
Another issue is that the Lightning Process is trademarked and its exact content veiled in secrecy. That means that any test of the intervention...
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