Same here in this article from Science based medicine. It states: "Their recommendation for acupuncture benefits ≤3 months is based, by their own...
So the guideline recommends exercise, CBT, ACT, acupuncture, antidepressants etc. But it actively discourages the use of pain medication (NSAIDS,...
I came across this article while researching the history of psychosomatic medicine. It looks interesting but unfortunately, I do not have access...
The Emotionally Disturbed Child as a Family Scapegoat Ezra F. Vogel and Norman W. Bell The phenomenon of scapegoating is as old as human...
I think we have seen previous studies from this Taiwanese database, although not in a prominent journal such as Scientific Reports. I think this...
Abstract Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) has been defined as unexplained relapsing or persistent fatigue for at least 6 consecutive months....
This looks interesting, thanks to Andy and Simon for highlighting it. Only 2.6% reported persistent fatigue at week 6.
There's also the CBT study by the Dutch group of Bleijenberg and Van Der Meer. The main results were published in The Lancet in 2001. As far as...
So it seems that in all studies of GET and CBT the control catches up over time? FITNET, FINE, PACE CURE and now GETSET all seem to report no...
New blog post: the dark psychosomatic history of epilepsy. https://mecfsskeptic.com/the-dark-psychosomatic-history-of-epilepsy/ [MEDIA]
I thought this study of Wessely' was interesting, indicating that something might have happened during the Gulf War. Even though Wessely himself...
What do you mean with the reference to Gulf War Syndrome? I thought Wessely'study was persuasive that something might have happened in the Gulf...
Really? I thought that case wasn't as clear either. From Wikipedia:
I tend to disagree cause that sort of what fatigue is: a perception. So I don't see the difference between fatigue and the perception of fatigue....
It also looks like they didn't do an intention to treat analysis because they say they randomized 72 patients, but only analyse the results of 50....
I'm still waiting for the first study that appropriately selected COVID-patients and a control group, followed them up for a long enough time (6...
The big question that the authors don't answer is: how do we know that central sensitization is happening or not? They define central...
More info here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/central-sensitization-a-matter-of-concern.5346/
Looks like most people report onset of PEM shortly after exertion [ATTACH] @Trish
Background Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is a defining characteristic of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) but there is...
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