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And, sadly, completely unsurprising.

In which case they are not 'functional' in any meaningful sense of the word as originally used in 'functional disorders', and it should be dropped, along with all the assumptions and inferences associated with it. If there is explanatory organic pathology, there is no 'functional'.

Stop me if you have heard this story before.

Very good. :thumbup: ––––––– Serfaty et al [2019] add ‘our results suggest that resources for a relatively costly therapy such as IAPT-delivered CBT should not be considered as a first-line treatment for depression in advanced cancer. Indeed, these findings raise important questions about the...

Is there any flower name that could work with 'Millions Missing'? EDIT: For example, the 'Million Bells' Calibrachoa species.

Good article. :thumbsup: "It’s the first global awareness day for ME..." First?

Last millennium.

While the political class may have been a critical part of how the appalling mess that is ME unfolded, they will also be a critical part of the means for us to get out of it. This is very encouraging development. Big thanks to all in the UK who have lobbied their MPs.

Nor funding bodies, ethics boards, or trial oversight committees. The whole system has had to fail, at least substantially, on a sustained basis, for this appalling mess to come about.

Yep. A solid example of how a bias can thoroughly contaminate every single assumption, inference, extrapolation, and interpretation in an argument. This is what happens when falsification is no longer a methodological requirement. It is impossible for us to prove we are doing it 'right', or at...

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THIS!

Or their surviving relatives will be angry.

This. If you want to find the flaws in your own argument, give it to a competent honest sceptic to tear apart.

The health of people with M.E. is improved via access to our holistic Healthcare Services, Why the word 'holistic' in that statement?

Translation: We don't know what is going on, and don't want to admit it. So here is a word salad with dollops of hand-waving instead. Gee, I can't imagine why that is. Empire building, with prizes for everybody, except patients. Ethical challenges, like why it is okay to con patients into...

And any gains can be lost. We have all seen how the BPS juggernaut, in all its forms, just continues steaming right on, unhindered by any concerns of error or harm.

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I knew somebody who early in adulthood developed extreme RA, to the point where by his early 30s his body was seriously deformed, he suffered constant serious pain, needed full time care, and had his legs amputated because they were useless and just causing him serious problems. Psychosomatic...

I love singing and music. Used to sing in a small a capella group, and solo & accompany others with a guitar. If there is anything I am motivated to do as therapy it is singing and music. But it doesn't work. It is just another thing that makes you sicker the more you try. Trust me, I tried...