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I am becoming actively hostile to questionnaires, and now operate on the presumption they are of very limited and uncertain value at best, and typically worse than that. Problematic enough a tool in the hands of honest and diligent researchers with the most honourable intentions, and an open...

"Fatigue is described as being overwhelming, distressing, extreme, not restored by sleep, multidimensional and part of a vicious circle where fatigue feeds and fosters itself.11–13" Ref 12 being Sharpe M. Cognitive behavior therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome: efficacy and implications. Am J...

Moreover, the addition of transdiagnostic dimensions may aid in mitigating the risk of reification because it makes explicit that there are aspects of psychopathology that transcend diagnostic boundaries and hence categories. Uh-oh. :grumpy:

Because doctors are not scientists. They are high level technicians, which is a very different skill set and mindset. Doctors have to apply existing knowledge. Scientists have to generate the knowledge for the first time. Which means that doctors are not so good at determining and judging the...

Agree completely. It shouldn't, but it does.

Yeah, mainly onto patients, and all too often their families as well, particularly in the case of children. :mad:

Jeebus, how brazen does this shitfest have to get before it is stopped?

Is that white or red clay? :sneaky:

and offers a promising framework for future research in chronic conditions where recovery is less likely.” If it didn't deliver a benefit, then what is it purpose?

Important variable.

Yeah, that's what we need. More inspiration and motivation. :cautious: Turns out the wellness & lifestyle movement is among the most unhealthy pieces of nonsense the human race has ever inflicted upon itself.

Bordering on guaranteeing it. Cowardice is a word that should be used more to describe what is going on.

If ever there was a stark example of a mixed bag, it is social media. Capable of doing both great good, and great harm, sometimes on the same page.

Not that having such a history should make any difference. Mental illness does not confer immunity to physical illness.

Yes, let's not be too generous about the motivations for working in healthcare. I worked in the health system before getting sick and that range covers the full spectrum, from the most noble to the most self-serving. That said, most I worked with were trying to do the best for patients, within...

@tornandfrayed How is it going? Pull up okay?

Hmm. :cautious:

CFS was significantly associated with smoking (p-value=0.049). Now that is borderline.

These results, however, underscore the importance of including neurophysiological endpoints in intervention research and highlight the need for developing more robust and individualized stimulation protocols. Future studies should consider extended stimulation regimens, alternative task...

Exactly. How do they now it is (unjustified) stigma/fear of psychiatric diagnoses and therapies that is the problem, as opposed to those diagnoses and therapies being false, and useless, and sometimes a lot worse than merely useless, and hence the stigma and fear of them being entirely...