It's usually difficult to implement ideas that are wholly fictitious and based on gut feeling. Phrenology had the same problem, as did pretty much...
They've had 2 years to respond to undeniable flaws that discredit the entire review. Meanwhile a flawed review continues to harm patients around...
This is indefensible. It has been up for years. It is heavily cited as a strong authority source. A review of something that deserves to remain a...
It's a spade. Spade's the name. Jumping on STOP mats is stupid. Commenting on your feelings while watching yourself on video walking with a...
I grok that face and I hate it so much, to know so many others are suffering so obviously. I guess you need to really experience it to believe it....
Questionnaires are definitely preliminary research. Preliminary research is a necessary step, but no serious research with actionable conclusions...
I'm afraid it's going to take a while. Big mistakes take a lot of time to unfold and this is a major one. As long as austerity is an accepted norm...
As always, the simple answer is: the rules are made-up and the details don't matter.
I have no idea what she's talking about with XMRV. It was created in the lab? What? And always strawmanning: claiming people were certain that...
This one: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pfigshare-u-files/3663015/RS_scienceandsociety_September_2015.pdf. It has two pieces, one by Crawley...
It seems pretty clear that not having dealt with it has allowed the problem to continue putrefying. We're basically going through Refrigerator...
Seems like following their own advice is not a strong suit. I believe this is called non-compliance? Or is it pervasive refusal (to follow one's...
Interesting. I'm reading Crawley's bit, most of it is BS, but noted this nugget: "The abuse stopped". That's definitely not what she's been saying...
Hmmm... Let's rephrase that: This entire field of research is literally based on mixing up the flow of causality and coming up with complex...
It is one of the most reported symptoms. People who literally do not know what a disease is about cannot be considered competent, let alone...
This needs to be said more. The architects of this nightmare are dishonest, willing to lie and cheat to promote their self-interest. Of course...
Oxford criteria are also self-reported. There is no reason why that point should be ignored. Technically this selection is actually on firmer...
Not much different from the trials used as evidence for the psychosocial model. Most of them have an unknown number of ME patients, if any. There...
MUS is just rebranded old ideas, some mix-and-match of hypochondria, health anxiety, mood disorders, conversion disorders, whatever. These ideas...
And I would count myself in that 37%... 3 years ago. Not always, but I was able to until then. Now I have bottomed out, have not had a significant...
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