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Who are the real catastrophists here? The people answering the questions, or the ones asking them?

Great work from EMERGE on that page.

And the relevant Cochrane guideline, and get a glowing endorsement by PsychoPropaganda-R-Us the Science Media Centre (UK branch).

People carrying the burden of as yet unexplained and often debilitating physical symptoms have a higher level of psychological distress, but no higher level of psychiatric comorbidity. That doesn't look to me like evidence for any primary psychopathology, but rather just a normal reaction to a...

Limitations of this meta-analysis include small samples of studies and possible publication bias. No methodological shortcomings in those studies?

They are still stuck in the 'it's just the sales pitch that needs tweaking' phase of denial. We have a long way to go. :grumpy:

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Interventions targeting perceptions of: loneliness, risk of COVID-19, worry about COVID-19, and positive mood may be effective. 'perceptions' ??? WTF? Is this their new buzz word for everything psych related? It's all about perceptions?

“At that point, it’s a race against time,” he says, “because until you have a vaccine or treatment, containment is your only hope.” In the absence of a vaccine or treatment the only serious weapon we have against a new infectious disease is breaking the chain of transmission. I am genuinely...

Excellent piece, @Grigor. Thanks. I must remember this line.

This is exactly the sort of person we need on our side. Somebody who cannot be so easily dismissed by the BPS cult.

Nice work. :thumbsup: Thank you. :)

I felt ill not fatigued. This.

The likes of Wessely are creating more psychopathology than they are preventing/curing.

The end goal must be to increase patient's sustainable activity capacity back to within the range of the healthy general population, which is definitely open to objective measurement. The it's subjectively defined, therefore only subjective outcome measures matter claim really make me angry. It...

https://respectfulinsolence.com/2020/05/11/what-pandemic-left-out-about-judy-mikovits/ The more I learn about Mikovits the more I think we are damn lucky she is no longer doing CFS research.

“Gentle exercise or walking made me worse—I would feel absolutely dreadful the next day.” You think that is dreadful? Just wait until the psychs get a hold of you and your 'deviant cognitions'. ––––––––– Dr Matt Prescott's comments are interesting. ––––––––– Every cloud has a silver...

Medical training selects strongly in favour of high levels of stamina. Which leads to doctors not really understanding what it is like to not have high levels of stamina. (Not all doctors, but on average.)

The moment Mikovits started consorting with Heckenlively, was the moment she threw what was left of her credibility off the cliff.