They are suggesting depression causes school absence and social functioning problems. But the direction of causality could be in the other...
One of the big findings for me is how poor the match between the anxiety scales and structured diagnostic interview was: ---
At least one person had a SF-36 physical functioning score of 100 which would cause me to question the diagnosis (but who knows how they read the...
Judging by the numbers, I think there is an error here and they were rated 0-3
Here are the questions that make up the Work and Social Adjustment Scale
They didn't use the gold standard psychiatric interview:
Biased sample? There were two centres used South London and Maudsley NHS Trust service is run by psychologists and psychiatrists. I think it is...
It's not clear from the CFS study but these sorts of assessments are usually done soon after attending a service when people could be distressed...
Can some people not see tweets if the URL is posted in like above?
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09638288.2017.1383518 Original Article Defining and measuring recovery from myalgic encephalomyelitis...
The author plugged the book on a Facebook group I'm on like this. I am a British doctor who has fallen ill with ME. My book is out, I am hoping...
No, I'm afraid it's not a joke. Marc quite regularly makes such posts now and not in a joking manner.
Personally from following events relating to (socialised) medicine and ME, mental health seems like it could be a bottomless pit. Lots of people...
Yes, Marc has some odd views. But he does lots of trawls of the Internet and shares them on lists and websites and sometimes finds interesting...
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For What It Is Worth: From: Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks Subject: URL: Exercise as it relates to Disease - ME/CFS/FM Fact Sheets 2017 Source:...
Points I'm not fully convinced about:
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