A history of liaison psychiatry in the UK 2017 Sharpe, Aitken, etc. Mentions Wessely taking lead on 1996 RC's CFS report, PACE an eg of 'successes'

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4967779/

I'm sure I've discussed this paper previously, but seeing others complaining recently about how bad the 1996 CFS report was made this line stand it. Is it publicly acknowledged Wessely took a lead with that?

That was before my time, but I've seen other patients talk about this report seeming to be a key part of things getting worse for patients in the UK.

Another collaborative venture, in which the current College President Simon Wessely took a lead role, led to the publication of a joint report on chronic fatigue syndrome in 1996.19
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Sharpe cites Sharpe's PACE as one of their key 'successes' here:

Successes

There have been many successes since the 1970s. These include the recognition of the specialty by the Royal College of Psychiatrists when it conferred section status in 1997 and faculty status in 2004 (faculty membership has since grown to over 4000). The passing years have also seen increasing attendance at faculty conferences and recently a rapid growth in the number of consultant posts. The clinical need for liaison psychiatry services has long been apparent and there is a growing body of evidence to support the clinical effectiveness of pharmacological23 and psychological treatments, particularly cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT),24 in liaison psychiatry. Large-scale studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of integrated care in treating depression in patients with cancer25 and of CBT in improving symptoms of chronic fatigue.26 Schroder et al27 have shown the effectiveness of CBT in a range of functional somatic symptoms. One notable study demonstrated the cost-effectiveness of psychological treatment of functional bowel disorders,28 and has featured prominently in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines.
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Some historical info on the RC's CFS reports:

http://www.margaretwilliams.me/2005...-research_marshall-and-williams_25jun2005.pdf

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It will be recalled by the ME community that after publication of the Joint Royal Colleges’ Report on CFS in 1996 of which Professor Simon Wessely was the prime mover (CR54, published by the RCP) -- a report that was internationally condemned for its extreme psychiatric bias -- the Editor of the Lancet, Richard Horton, courageously spoke out against it, saying on the record: “The college representatives interpreted every piece of evidence pointing to a biological cause in a negative light. Medical paternalism seems alive and well in Britain today” (Why doctors are failing ME sufferers. Dr Richard Horton. Observer Life, 23 March 1997).


http://www.margaretwilliams.me/1996/observations-on-joint-royal-colleges-report-cr54.pdf

OBSERVATIONS ON THE JOINT REPORT OF THE UK ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS, PSYCHIATRISTS AND GENERAL PRACTITIONERS ON CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, OCTOBER 1996 / CR 54 / RCP Eileen Marshall Margaret Williams 17th November 1996

http://www.margaretwilliams.me/1997/comparison-of-us-report-with-uk-royal-colleges-report-on-cfs.pdf

Comparison of the American Report for Physicians on CFS with the UK Joint Royal Colleges’ Report on CFS Marshall E. Williams M. 20th February 1997 Revised 22nd August 2014
 
I cant bring myself to click the 'like' button to either of the first 2 posts on this thread, but I am glad there is a thread on this.


I didn't know Richard Horton did that.
 
The future does not look any better. I can't find a better place for this, but I think this takes the cake as most delusional thing I have seen so far and it's a tough competition!

Dementia? You see, it's just thinking stupid. If you didn't think stupid you wouldn't be so stupid. This is literally just a bunch of labels stacked on top of the traditional loopy cycle of conversion disorder with no particular sense or order.

Tags Jon Stone, because of course.



This is what descent into madness looks like. It actually gets worse with time even though it's the same thing going back over a century.
 
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