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I was just reading a translation of the german wikipedia entry for CFS: "In the mentioned list of criteria from 2011, the disease is divided into four stages: Easy: an approximately 50% reduction in activity level Moderate: usually tied to the house Hard: usually tied to the bed Very...

all submissions here: http://www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/PE01690

I think you also deserve a wee dram of your favourite tipple:D

same in the current NICE guidelines: 1.2.2.4 Tests for serum ferritin in adults should not be carried out unless a full blood count and other haematological indices suggest iron deficiency. 1.2.2.5 Tests for vitamin B12 deficiency and folate levels should not be carried out unless a full blood...

very similar to his one about GWI; can't find the exact quote but it is something like 'to have GWI you only need to know someone with GWI'. eta: another tidbit, Mansel Aylward doesn't think PTSD exists. eta2: re GWI there's this one " The strongest factor associated with the belief [of...

you don't have to look at the one on PR, it's here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/simon-wessely-research-related-quotes.1304/ eta: if anyone wants to use it I posted this pic on that thread; Simon says:

you might want to take a look at this thread: https://www.s4me.info/threads/a-list-of-people-who-applied-for-the-nice-me-cfs-guideline-group-but-who-were-not-accepted.6449/#post-117312

see this thread for examples of NHS CFS services: https://www.s4me.info/threads/me-cfs-services-in-the-uk.5625/#post-118413

Thread merged "Health psychology students will need to understand how to evaluate and critically-appraise the latest theory and research before it can be applied. This fully-revised and updated Fifth Edition takes a critical approach and places health psychology in a real-world context...

PART 2 @Brian Hughes @JoanNI

Full transcript (have done it this way so people can just copy and paste it into whichever format they want. Apologies there were a couple of bits when I think the Internet connection went(?) that I missed out. Also, although I have been through it many times, every time I do I find a...

just found this interview with TC from 2015: Exercise and chronic fatigue syndrome: an interview with Professor Trudie Chalder https://www.news-medical.net/news/20150324/Exercise-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-an-interview-with-Professor-Trudie-Chalder.aspx

. . . such 'inappropriate' referrals to physicians can lead to extensive physical investigation that may perpetuate the symptom patterns of physical attributions. Powell R, Dolan R, Wessely S. Attributions and self esteem in depression and the chronic fatigue syndrome. J Psychosomatic Res 1990...

that is what the whole benefits system revolves around; 'if they can do x,y,z,....get to a testing centre miles away, climb stairs, fill out massive forms' etc etc. But what is not taken into account is the effort involved to comply and the cost to health as a result, and of course the fact that...

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yes, and no. bottom line is she wants all neurologists to have psychiatric training so they can recognise and treat patients with what she reckons are psychosomatic illnesses (eg Dissociative seizures ).

" The secret of Goldacre’s early success is simple. We love people getting it wrong. Watching people making fools of themselves is always more interesting..." "Goldacre’s skill is to use all these examples of epic ignorance or failures to draw out important principles of how science actually...

@JohnTheJack what happened with this?

@Brian Hughes anything you could do on this?