Interesting bit about ME and the 1978 conference: I think there's some truth into this. I've always found it helpful to think of 3 types of ME....
Interesting that White, back in 2008, agreed that post-exertional malaise is the "central feature of this illness", the "most characteristic...
Copied from the New Zealand thread who claims to have found that depression, anxiety and perfectionism all increase the risk of developing CFS...
This is the paper she is referring to: The pathway from glandular fever to chronic fatigue syndrome: can the cognitive behavioural model provide...
I think that in criticizing Simon Wessely, it is best to focus on him making claims that are not justified by the evidence. For example, the...
Thanks Sarah!
Perhaps a little off topic, but I happened to be reading the paper where he used it. It's in Butler et al. (1991). Cognitive behaviour therapy in...
Could you say something more about the research RME is now supporting or what issues are causing the divide? Is it about GET/CBT, the broader...
A strange thing is that the Price et al Cochrane review included all sorts of studies that should not have been in there (for example a trial on...
Vink & Vink-Niese really hammer on the fact that subjective outcomes can be unreliable. I found this passage on page 4 particularly interesting:...
It's a very dense and detailed paper. I might have to read it again to really grasp everything and check out some of the arguments made. But...
Yes, but if I'm not mistaken, that one is still ongoing. And it compares GET with graded activity. I was referring to published papers the authors...
There are a couple of CBT-trials (such as the Dutch FITNET trial), but no trials on GET for adolescnets with CFS as far as I know.
I think it's strange that they focused on long-term outcomes of CBT for adolescents. Because 2 out of the 3 studies they mentioned, did no longer...
Powerful video. Well done @Adam pwme !
This recent news story might be of interest to this discussion: "Researchers define Alzheimer's-like brain disorder. LATE symptoms resembles...
My commentary to this article was published today: “The illness perceptions of CFS patients are evidence based.”...
Just tell them to call back.
What about Parkinson's disease and Alzheimers' disease? As I understand it, in both cases there is an observable and objective pathology that...
Does this mean that you have to wait for KCL's response and if they deny your request and use an exemption, that you have to go the ICO and...
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