Transcript of Professor Julia Newton's ‘Standing up for fatigue’ talk at the 'Understanding the neurobiology of fatigue' conference Nov 2017

Main ME Association page on this. Note, it only includes part of the transcript - http://www.meassociation.org.uk/201...ton-standing-up-for-fatigue-16-november-2017/

Link to the full transcript - http://www.meassociation.org.uk/wp-...n-Standing-up-for-Fatigue-Slides-Nov-2017.pdf

 

Thanks. And thanks to whoever did the transcript.

This was part of the session chaired by Trudie Chalder: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/09/neurobiology-fatigue/

Looks like the panel discussion is available here: http://downloads.royalsociety.org/events/2017/09/neurobiology-fatigue/session-1-panel-discussion.mp3

 

Transcript:
http://www.meassociation.org.uk/wp-...anscript-Standing-up-for-Fatigue-Nov-2017.pdf

 

Content is mostly good...you might disagree with the page 14 of the slides on the origin of the illness

Genetic predisposition >> Psychosocial background >> triggering event (infection)

 

Also the first line of the conclusion Page 47 of the slides

"CFS/ME is a chronic disabling disease with a genetic background, triggered by infection and with a link to psychosocial stressors"

 

Thank you to Russell Fleming who did the transcript on behalf of the MEA.

 

Thank you @Russell Fleming - and welcome to the forum!

 

Overall I thought it was a great presentation from Prof N. I read transcript, haven't seen slides.

There is a particularly offensive comment in the Q & A about how personality affects self-reports on fatigue, pain and depression. Comments on how those with a high neuroticism and low consscientiousness report more fatigue,pain and depression!!