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On his own admission, in his official study of Gulf War veterans, Wessely performed no clinical examination or laboratory investigations. Just following in the grand tradition of psychosomatics. See Beard & McEvedy, 1970 (a & b).

The inconsistency and incongruence are entirely in the minds of the FMD/FND advocates. More than two decades on they are still stuck at the 'promising' stage, yet recommending it as if it is a done deal, a mature field. Sound familiar?

Clearly psychosomatics is the hill modern medicine has chosen to die on. Pity they will take millions of innocent patients' lives down with them in their brazen grab for power, glory, and income.

What better way to lead than by example? :sneaky:

It works like a cult. That's because it is a cult. Just another version of the oldest and most destructive cult of all. The mind over matter, spirit over flesh cult. All the authoritative pseudo-scientific jargon accompanying this modern version doesn't make it any more real. Just more...

The attempt to somehow blame both sides is a completely unacceptable and cowardly rewriting of history. As far as I am aware, to this day there has never been any acknowledgement from the BPS club about the profound technical and ethical failures of their approach and the appalling...

Is there something in the water in NZ that makes people particularly susceptible to this nonsense? Not that your cousins on the Big West Island can hold our heads high.

Autistic people have higher rates of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body Which strongly suggests that autism is a consequence of an underlying physical health problem.

...can nociplastic pain, irritable bowel, ‘post-concussion syndrome’, persistent fatigue all have the same pathophysiological basis? Again, how can a functional disorder have a pathophysiological basis? If it does, then it is not functional. It is physiological. That is what basis means...

"a willingness to change" How to blame the patient for any and all failures by the pros.

When the MEA gets bolshie you know the revolution is well underway. :emoji_smiling_imp: Much thanks to Dr Shepherd and Mr Fleming for that clear, accurate, and firm statement. :thumbup:

Nor humanity.

I think it is basically just fooling ourselves about how much control we have over our lives and the bad things that happen. Love how they accuse us of being in denial, and not wanting to get better, when the one thing that will provide answers and help – robust research – is the one thing they...

He is 70 years old. Generational change is underway.

Indeed, the whole point of science-based understanding is being able to make reliable causal predictions. Knowing what will happen if you press Button A, or pull Lever B, at least at the probabilistic level. That is the pay dirt. Everything else is just the means to that end. Good point. Any...

I have no idea if Nath is correct. I think the real answer at this point is that we just don't know. That said, as a very long term patient (4 decades) I have – slowly, reluctantly, and painfully – come to terms with the very real possibility that there may not be any effective treatments...

They may have revealed more about their real agenda with that comment then they intended. All the best. :hug:

From Dr Adam Jacobs' response at the Science Media Centre:

As the understanding of COVID-19 pathogenesis deepens, it is becoming increasingly evident that a tailored approach to therapy is imperative. Not evident to me.

Might be both technical and political constraints in the mix too. People in less free societies probably tend to have less access to relevant info, the opportunity to discuss it, and pressure the authorities to more effectively deal with it.