This isn't of huge interest, but I thought I'd post up for newer members who might be interested in reading a short summary from Sharpe. I find...
Objectives: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic and often debilitating condition that is characterized by persistent fatigue, pain, bowel...
Free full text: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41285-018-00082-w Social Theory & Health pp 1–17 | Cite as Socially constructed and...
"The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Pathway for People with Long-term Physical Health Conditions and Medically Unexplained...
Objective: To explore the persistency of Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) and its prognostic factors in the general adult population....
Event in October this year: " Event Details The words ‘Integrated Care’ currently feature in every health briefing, newsletter and policy...
Chris Burton, who is on the NICE panel reviewing the ME/CFS guidelines, is behind this study apparently. Multiple Symptoms Study 3 is a large...
Sorry if this has already been posted somewhere already. (I searched and couldn't find anything). I haven't had time to study the full article in...
A European Research Agenda for Somatic Symptom Disorders, Bodily Distress Disorders, and Functional Disorders: Results of an...
Abstract BACKGROUND: In primary and secondary care medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) or functional somatic syndromes (FSS) constitute a major...
INTRODUCTION Many GPs find the care of patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) challenging. Therefore, the WONCA Working Party for...
Here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/women-need-the-playing-field-levelled-on-health-outcomes-vgg0fv0zk When women do seek out help, they...
Really just adding this to the calendar: Topic: ‘Medically unexplained symptoms’: my clinical and research journey over 30 years 13th March 2019...
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Agenda: Safeguarding children with CFS, Pervasive refusal syndrome, Gathering evidence – the police experience [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
Central sensitization: a matter of concern In 1981 Wilbert E. Fordyce challenged conventional wisdom. In one of the most influential findings in...
This is the second in a new series of posts about medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). The first of these, A Morass of MUS, appeared last time....
Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2018 Jun 28:e13394. doi: 10.1111/nmo.13394. [Epub ahead of print] The "Biology-First" Hypothesis: Functional disorders...
I've been asked to give a presentation in my professional capacity as a Counselling Psychologist on Saturday 23rd June in Manchester to trainee...
As you are probably aware, here in the UK, NICE are currently engaged in the lengthy process of revising their guidelines for ME/CFS. The current...
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