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I've got a reflexology 'chart' somewhere, it was included with a pair of insoles I bought decades ago. It was a very new agey thing. I also knew an elderly lady who used to go for reflexology on a regular basis. She loved it, called it her 'ology', said she usually fell asleep while it was going...

The thing is every disability/disease/illness group are citing unfairness in the benefits system, lack of money for research, lack of treatment etc etc. (The MS society are holding an event in Westminster on Mon 26th see...

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yet another psychotherapy: "A large proportion of the identified studies treated patients suffering from anxiety and depression (see Table 1). There were eight trials on depressive disorders. Of these, seven were on major depressive disorder, whereas one study also included a small proportion...

OFF THE PACE: CMIs, BPS, PACE, GUIDELINES and CONSEQUENCES - Malcolm Hooper (2017) " BioPsychoSocial, BPS, model/theory/paradigm This model developed in the 1970s as a response to the perception in psychiatry that there was a large and growing gulf between psychiatry, mental health and...

In the UK, it is not common for people to take out health insurance. People usually have it either as part of a company package or tied to their mortgage on their house. Unless people were in these schemes to begin with it is highly unlikely that they would then try to independently seek to...

This MEA article is about the London Criteria; I'm a little confused (OK more than usual) about the use of the modified version of the London Criteria, in the PACE trial. (Includes a brief interjection from EG about its validity) " Dr Charles Shepherd February 22, 2011 at 9:40 am I am only...

Not sure I understand the chart completely (what are the figures in brackets?), but there are so many variables in the whole issue of benefits and insurance in this country that could affect the figures. Income benefits are means tested, so people on them are probably in a worse financial state...

Glucocorticoids and Central Nervous System Inflammation This article provides a review of the current literature, showing that under certain circumstances GCs might fail to have anti-inflammatory effects and sometimes even enhance inflammation...

From what I have read I think they 'created' PPS as they thought it would be 'more acceptable' to patients than MUS, MUPs. The ultimate aim, I guess, is to save money, under the guise of 'Integrated Care'. Unfortunately, what they don't seem to realise is this will just lead to...

I asked a similar question a while ago re the CQC (Care Quality Commission); I've been searching on their website but cannot find any assessments of these clinics. https://www.s4me.info/threads/care-quality-commission-what-are-they-doing-re-cbt-get-treatment-for-me-patients.2722/ eta: see also...

oops did that before as well, thanks for reminding me!

Article in 'London Free Press', never heard of it but anyway this article made me laugh.......I think the author might have had a toke or two before writing it: " The truth about cannabis and chronic fatigue syndrome full article (short) here...

Geneva?

from 2009 "One in six NHS patients 'misdiagnosed' While in most cases the misdiagnosis did not result in the patient suffering serious harm, a sizeable number of the millions of NHS patients were likely to suffer significant health problems as a result, according to figures. It was said that...

(Note this and excerpt in previous post is from 2005) Sharpe does go on to say: " At present however if one has an ambiguous condition the rational choice may well be to vote ‘‘medical’’ rather than to vote ‘‘psychiatric’’. From this view point one may argue that it is not the views of those...

@Dx Revision Watch I was just reading about when the APA went for you........... " A few years ago, British writer Suzy Chapman started tracking the proposed changes by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to psychiatry's guidebook: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...

" So, for a person with an illness of ambiguous status such as CFS, the choice is between being given a diagnosis of a bona-fide medical condition which everyone regards as real, an adequate reason to be away from work, a reason to seek medical care and a blameless affliction or a psychiatric...

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Very odd comment from EG......what's that all about?