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OK that is interesting that anemia is mentioned and was tested in some form as it was found in 5 cases (1.7%), but I don't know enough detail to know whether back then the reference ranges and tests would cover all the anemia and individuals who might come under that term today. If it is 5% of...

OK so the first few paras here (which begin at the end of the previous post) are pretty key insight into how these things used to be seen. The last para about 'benign nervousness' which is deemed caused by extrinsic rather than instrinsic (where it is neurotic) factors such as overwork is...

Agreed. It is common enough I don't fully understand why there aren't proper centres for it, they'd have gotten to the bottom of some mysteries and it seems a lynchpin measure that might help understanding of/flagging other conditions too. And we don't have more haemotologist or combined certs...

I think they specifically use the term distress as a wind-up to be honest. A term used alongside hysteria. To me in this context it feels like it corresponds to some doctor whispering behind the patients back about how she's getting herself worked up because her hand apparently doesn't feel...

I held my breath until I got to the end of the names there... I think having read Netherlands, Norway and England being named first and waiting to check the 'you know who's' from there hadn't somehow snuck in

Yeah it just feels like there needs to be a new law (which I'm aware would need to be adopted by country probably) and regulation/standard for submission to journals that these items can only be submitted where the author is an assigned independent without any connections or conflicts. I say...

Yep, the past traumas quote seems a straight laugh on the following theme, surely just boundary testing to see if you can get away with blaming someone coming round having been affected by anaesthesia must instead 'have past traumas being resurrected' as their possible cause, or maybe they just...

EDIT: please tell me that the dry eye was actually measured by looking at it with microscope, because I'm wondering why there are questionnaire results for dry eye, when I wouldn't necessarily have noticed before I saw an opthamologist I had these - just itchy and sore etc. Surely they'd use the...

YOu can see where the 'expect to diagnose FND in x out of 10 cases' idea came from then. This is like an 80-20 rule chart. That then goes on to say and of that 20% (61 patients) 30 you could spot by eye without tests. I'm curious given all that chart shows is what % they didn't diagnose with...

Do meditation that isn't proven to reduce stress, get lectured on to 'live better' without it sounds anything that makes that more possible (little evidence except maybe a select few targeted programmes where it is very specialist, non-psych for very specific conditions/situations being tackled...

And even if people do get their head around 'focusing on coping rather than looking for anything else to help', that in itself is shown up by the fact that these researchers have to lie about recovery rates/prognosis in order to coerce people 'yes that's the most sensible option dear' and block...

Here's the thing the liars don't tell you: it doesn't matter if you think about it or not, being in a financially precarious situation is the stressor and in real ie scientific psychology rather than the anti-mental-health psychosomatic trend you look at the situational first because - and this...

This is fascinating, thanks for the RER explanation of what the R numbers mean :)

Cruel and ethically difficult but given the other problem with those who end up in hospital terribly poorly is the interruption to rest/difficult environment with regards noise and light etc impacting absorption this would be interesting as would the effects of noise/lights and so on regarding...

Indeed - good to see these things being looked into and methods seeking to show this. What a relief. Plus, particularly if we begin to note this in relation to the methodological approach of e.g. CHalder-type stuff and BPS approaches expecting people to fill in goodness knows how many questions...

What might be interesting is if you imagine your 3rd para as a description of the spectrum of 'natural environments' people actually live under - and there will be some who have lives where those around them/the situation is kinder to ME/PEM/'pacing' - that measures are found that can both...

As someone who worked for years and was what would be termed as a dedicated workhorse, make sure you are getting it right by figuring out what is the right thing, not just box-ticking of doing something I cannot help but get totally polar opposite feels from the outlook and personal qualities...

Well encapsulated I’m glad the coercion that this ‘school’ is basically selling as a methodology and treatment has been well described and elucidated - you’d hope even these deluded authors could understand it in those terms. my next point is an issue where people are too forgiving of...

Indeed if everyone at the start of their diagnosis or any point of change health or situation-wise had someone to speak for them (because it isn’t just health that makes it impossible even to tell someone you know who might do it for you but the enormity of the task) - but plus a third party...

And the use of the phrase ‘optimism’ which has been used so toxically by many to close down those who are trying to describe a factual reality they want to delude by ‘reframing’ I think it has reminded me seeing this word how important it is that somehow we are able to take back ownership of...