Community Symposium Summaries Now Published
From the Open Medicine Foundation. As you have probably heard by now, our recent Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of …
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Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients’ reports of symptom changes following cognitive behavioural therapy, graded exercise therapy and pacing treatments: Analysis of a primary survey compared with secondary surveys
Abstract: Cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy are promoted as evidence-based treatments for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. This article …
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Major Stanford Study Indicates Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is Inflammatory Disorder
Reprinted with the kind permission of Simmaron Research. By Cort Johnson “There’s been a great deal of controversy and confusion …
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Contesting the psychiatric framing of ME/CFS
Abstract: ME/CFS is a medically contested illness and its understanding, framing and treatment has been the subject of heated debate. …
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Cognitive and behavioral coping in people with Chronic fatigue syndrome: An exploratory study searching for intervention targets for depressive symptoms
Abstract: The aim of the study was to find relevant coping factors for the development of psychological interventions for people …
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How have selection bias and disease misclassification undermined the validity of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome studies?
Abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome has been a controversial diagnosis, resulting in tensions between patients and professionals providing them with care. …
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Differential effects of childhood trauma subtypes on fatigue and physical functioning in chronic fatigue syndrome
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: There is wide consensus that childhood trauma plays an important role in the aetiology of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The …
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Cognitive behaviour therapy and objective assessments in chronic fatigue syndrome
Abstract: Most evaluations of cognitive behavioural therapy to treat people with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis rely exclusively on subjective self-report outcomes …
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PACE investigators’ response is misleading regarding patient survey results
Abstract: The PACE investigators’ citation of a patient survey might mislead readers into thinking that the experience of people with …
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Bias, misleading information and lack of respect for alternative views have distorted perceptions of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and its treatment
Abstract: The PACE trial is one of the most recent studies evaluating cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy for …
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