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...Still he expected his cohort to recover if only they wanted to.

Is it not possible to have thorough methodology but to have flawed results if the methodology is applied to the wrong cohort?

Knowing what we now know it might be interesting to look back at the work of Behan and his collaborators from either side of 1990. He claimed to find abnormalities in muscle mitochondria. Edwards said he couldn't distinguish them from controls. That seemed to put paid to that. However it seems...

Interesting. So all they need to do is say what they mean by "cannot" and by "organic".

It would be interesting to know whether that is a coincidence, or part of the plan. edited some spurious words. I wish I had not lost the ability to proof-read.

Do they present that as an "analytic" or "synthetic" view? i.e. are psychological illnesses, by definition, those for which no detectable cause has been found, or do they have other empirical criteria for "psychological"?

I ethere anything in that that could not have been, and probably was, written in 1985. Apparently she is an aspiring medical anthropologist. No wonder she quotes Kleinman with approval.

I agree. But I must admit to a sneaking wish to see Peter Lilley, Mansell Aylward and LoCascio subpoened and a production order for the DWP documentation from the time. That would have the shredders working overtime.

If people want a public enquiry , what do they want the proposed terms of reference to be?

That last post needs some amendment. "PRISMA" appears to have been merely one provider of rehabilitation services. As such it entered into agreement with insurance companies for a particular range of services. It seems probable that insurance companies would, in each area that they covered...

I like the idea of "vulnerable" clinicians. Aren't words versatile.

I wonder whether we have been following an "Irrlicht" with SW and PRISMA. ( I do like that word, especially as we are all on a "Winterreise" of or own.) We need to go back to basics and look for substantive corroborative evidence for the existence of PRISMA and its dealings. The matter always...

It would be interesting if the TryghedsGruppen could be tied more closely to the "PRISMA" group of aligned insurance companies- whatever that might be, or have been. It would certainly explain a great deal if the Nordic countries are involved.

Well, here is a surprise: 2008 | TryghedsGruppen and a new partnership Tryg i Danmark smba changes its name to ’TryghedsGruppen'. TrygVesta and AXA Corporate Solutions enters a partnership agreement. TrygVesta is now able to use the international network of AXA Corporate Solutions to meet...

Do we know the name of the insurance company?

How can they claim it ie independent research in view of the stated conflicts of interest? In some circles this is known as "extracting the urine".

Would be interesting to know who it is at the BBC pushing that line. Is it the science editor? Does he get briefed by the usual source?

I did wonder about that and had a quick look at his other publications from about that time, but could see nothing obvious. It is a pity. One would have expected his paper to be tailored in some way to the circumstances and the audience, and should have been informative.

There is an interesting side story about the SF36-well, I find it interesting anyway. At the Illness Behaviour Conference in 1985, at which Cott introduced the McMaster BPS model to the world, a paper was delivered by Dr J Ware of the Rand Corporation. It appears that he was at that time...

The precise relationship between PRISMA and Prisma Health is unknown but this work for the Insurance Bureau of Canada seems to be entirely in line with the stated intentions of PRISMA and it would be surprising if there were no connection. We would always have suspected that Swiss Re, UNUM and...