Tag: management

Chronic fatigue syndrome and the psychiatrist

Abstract:

The number of patients who are identified as having chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has increased, and as a result, chronic fatigue syndrome has received widespread attention. Research has demonstrated that cognitive, affective and behavioural symptoms are prominent in CFS. Psychiatrists are therefore being asked to participate in the assessment and management of patients with this syndrome. This paper will provide an overview of the clinical characteristics of CFS and the current empirical findings related to its pathology, and will conclude with a discussion of the management of these patients.

 

Source:  Abbey SE, Garfinkel PE. Chronic fatigue syndrome and the psychiatrist. Can J Psychiatry. 1990 Oct;35(7):625-33. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2268845

 

Patient management of post-viral fatigue syndrome

Abstract:

A case definition for post-viral fatigue syndrome is proposed within which various subgroups of patients exist. Any one treatment may not apply to all the subgroups. In particular, patients’ experiences do not show that avoidance of exercise is maladaptive. It is proposed that the recently ill often try to exercise to fitness whereas the chronically ill have learnt to avoid exercise. Recovery is more likely to be achieved if patients learn about their illness and do not exhaust their available energy.

 

Source: Ho-Yen DO. Patient management of post-viral fatigue syndrome. Br J Gen Pract. 1990 Jan;40(330):37-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2107839

Note: You may read the full article here:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1371214/