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There is certainly an epidemic of FND diagnosis. :whistle:

If only they had used a two-day repeat test protocol.

Not sure what they mean by 'standard of medical care'.

Looks good to me. :thumbup: Only problem I have, which could just be a simple translation issue, is with this: What can be done is "pacing", i.e. the scheduling and allocation of the patient's energy, The Hungarian word it was translated from may have a different meaning. But in English that...

The primary outcome is the Physical Function domain of the Short Form 36 questionnaire at 12 months. Secondary domains of measurement will include participant perception of change, mobility, health-related quality of life, health service utilisation, anxiety and depression. SOS Same Old Shit

They are just warming up to it, lulling the audience into a false sense of understanding.

Don't hold your breath.

Educating the medical profession on this stuff is clearly going to be slow and (literally) painful.

Medicine as basically picked most of the low hanging fruit. Needs to take it to the next level.

'possible' 'exploring' 'perceived' 'may' 'perceptions' 'possible' All in a single shortish sentence. They don't really believe what they are saying either. :grumpy: Exactly. Maybe patients are actually good at predicting long term outcomes of their health situation? Maybe even better than the pros.

I don't know, 5-15 seconds in one hit might be over-dosing. This is powerful stuff we are messing with here. Best to start on a few micro seconds per hour. STAT! The ultimate proof against mind-over-matter is that we die. Matter (biology) always wins in the long run. You are more polite than...

Critiques covered outcome measurement, effect size calculation, research integrity, and more, but the central issue became subject selection in the studies. Nope. The central issue is lack of adequate control for known biases and confounders in the research, and the resultant lack of critical...

IOW, much the same as any other community with a common interest on health policy. Or just about any other science-based issue. Agree with this. Yep, that assertion is just silly. We wouldn't be having this fight debate if there was genuine science-based consensus.

"and deinstitutionalisation of a position requires very convincing argumentation.” Such as it is wrong and doing harm?

Should be interesting. :nerd:

Worth repeating.

The pile of cute acronyms just keeps on growing. This branch of the profession clearly has a very serious and treatment resistant case of Acronym Proliferation Disorder. *sigh*

So all those claims about central role of psychological factors, and indeed that the 'disorder' is psychosomatic, that you have been making up to now have been based on...? When are these guys going to do some research on their 'faulty perceptions'?

Said before, saying it again: I think it is clear now that Wessely has a profoundly need to deny the organic morbidity and mortality of human existence, presumably including his own. I like the author's style. :D

As long as it is useful to disease deniers*. Then, when it has been exposed and discredited, they will just invent a new label, with a new sales pitch, and new faces promoting it, and off we go again. (*Maybe a useful term to throw back at them when they accuse us of being mental illness...