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(Mods, do what you will with this.) This paper from 1998 is regularly cited in various papers as showing that the CFQ is a reliable measure for CFS research. But read beyond the abstract.......... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022399998000221 so they were...

Matcham, F., Ali, S., Irving, K., & Chalder, T. (2019). Psychological predictors of fatigue, work and social adjustment, and psychological distress in rheumatology outpatients: A short report. European Journal of Health Psychology, 26(1), 25-29. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-31300-004

Journal of Adolescence Volume 75, August 2019, Pages 123-129 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140197119301289 again using this proxy CDF (chronic disabling fatigue). Is this now a formal diagnosis? Or are they maybe, finally, realising that CDF does not equate to ME or CFS...

Open access at https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/07/04/bmjebm-2019-111176#T2

full article here https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/1/4/17989224/intellectual-humility-explained-psychology-replication eta:

Published June 12, 2018 (this article doesn't appear to have been posted before) "Highlights All known multicellular life is colonized by microbes. The gut microbiome is a highly complex and diverse hidden kingdom that inhabits the intestinal tracts. Gut microbes are associated with important...

Moved from this thread Thought this was posted here already but I can't find it. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-intuitive-parent/201907/the-dark-side-social-media-activism-in-science The reference in the quote is to the Reuters article.

Source: Psychology of Men & Masculinity Preprint Date: April 30, 2019 URL: https://www.dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/17973 'The real me shining through M.E.': Visualizing masculinity and identity threat in men with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome using photovoice and IPA...

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/solution-psychology-s-reproducibility-problem-just-failed-its-first-test?

Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood Volume 104, Suppl 2 Date: May 2019 URL: https://adc.bmj.com/content/104/Suppl_2 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health --------------------------------------------- Abstracts of the RCPCH Conference and exhibition 13–15 May 2019, ICC...

Systemic low-grade inflammation and subsequent depressive symptoms: Is there a mediating role of physical activity? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333056434_Systemic_low-grade_inflammation_and_subsequent_depressive_symptoms_Is_there_a_mediating_role_of_physical_activity

Psychology Today - May 2019 A Revolution Is Happening in Psychology. Here's How It's Playing Out by Matt Huston In the last decade, behavioral scientists concluded that their field had taken a wrong turn. Efforts to root out false findings and bad practices spurred a crisis now poised to...

Jonsjo et al. recently published a feasibility study on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in ME/CFS. The study described itself as the “first trial of ACT for patients diagnosed with ME/CFS.” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2019.02.008 (The study has a thread here: Sweden: Acceptance &...

They take the LP study seriously and the authors are from UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital - this was enough for me to post in Psychosocial Research sub-forum rather than Biomedical. Paywall...

Psychology Tools Limited 32 Queens Road Reading RG1 7AU United Kingdom Downloads include: Behavioral Experiment Worksheet "Behavioral experiments allow individuals to test the validity of their beliefs and assumptions. They are a core experiential technique for therapeutic change in...

I haven't looked at this, but it sounds interesting and relevant. It is accepted by the CBT-GET promoters that there are biological changes in patients with ME. A key part of their argument has always been that psychotherapy can bring about or reverse biological changes. Here is a study that...

This is a nursing qualitative research paper from Spain. Paywalled. Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Illness Experiences Abstract Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, and multiple chemical sensitivity can be considered...

Thought this might be of interest to some of you hard sciencers out there. When you read it, you just keep thinking of Sharpe, White and Wessely. Scihub link here Abstract:

Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry Preprint Date: February 15, 2019 URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1359104519829796 Illness perceptions in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome and other physical health conditions: Application of the common sense model...

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/5/17818170/work-fatigue-exhaustion-psychology "This is the greatest mystery of my adult life: How can I spend all day typing at a computer and go home feeling exhausted? How could merely activating the small muscles of my fingers leave me craving...