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I've written some of my thoughts about the new reports and guidelines on ME/CFS that have been published over the past 5 years. They seem to form a new consensus, one where PEM is a required criterium for ME/CFS, where GET is no longer recommended and CBT is proposed as a supportive treatment...

The Draft Report by the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare Does Not Provide Any Evidence That Graded Exercise Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Are Safe and Effective Treatments for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Mark Vink and Alexandra Vink-Niese...

(Thread created at the request of a member) IQWIG The independent Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen, IQWiG) examines the benefits and harms of medical interventions for patients...

This interview with Professor of psychiatry Martin Walter also discusses ME/CFS and the IQWiG draft report in Germany. The title and quotes below are translated with Google Translate. At Jena University Hospital, Martin Walter, head of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy there...

Full article translation excepting references reproduced below - Fair use, given the context: https://www-dgpm-de.translate.goog/de/aktuelles/nachrichten/nachricht/long-covid-wo-bleibt-die-psychosomatik/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en German Society for Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical...