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Sean replied to the thread ETUDE: Encompassing Training in fUnctional Disorders across Europe.

"An etude is a short, tricky tune that a musician plays mainly for practice or to demonstrate skill."

Sean liked rvallee's post in the thread Functional dyspepsia and gastroparesis in tertiary care are interchangeable syndromes with common clinical and pathological features, 2021, Pasricha.

Oh, it doesn't imply it, it means exactly that. Although there are definitions of functional that mean something closer to what it...

Sean liked NelliePledge's post in the thread Loss and Return of Ticklishness in Functional Neurological Disorder 2024 Coebergh, Edwards et al.

I’m definitely ok then :D:thumbup:

Sean liked rvallee's post in the thread Loss and Return of Ticklishness in Functional Neurological Disorder 2024 Coebergh, Edwards et al.

Truly focused on what's important here. OK. Sure. How would it make sense that it's localized? If it's supposed to be a central...

SNT Gatchaman replied to the thread ‘I could bench-press 100kg. Now, I can’t walk’: Lucy’s life with long Covid.

Another in the series — Childhood, interrupted: 12-year-old Toby’s life with long Covid

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Childhood, interrupted: 12-year-old Toby’s life with long Covid

Guardian: Childhood, interrupted: 12-year-old Toby’s life with long Covid More than 110,000 children in England and Scotland are still...

Forum: Long Covid news

Sean liked bobbler's post in the thread Stigmatisation in clinical consultations for persistent physical symptoms/functional disorders: A best fit framework synthesis, 2024, Treufeldt et al.

Indeed. There is a major issue here. Interesting that 'it can't be seen'. And, whilst there are various questions these days about the...

Sean liked Hutan's post in the thread Stigmatisation in clinical consultations for persistent physical symptoms/functional disorders: A best fit framework synthesis, 2024, Treufeldt et al.

What then do they think are the problems? Society's belief that objectively measurable disorders are more real and worthy than other...

Sean liked Hutan's post in the thread Stigmatisation in clinical consultations for persistent physical symptoms/functional disorders: A best fit framework synthesis, 2024, Treufeldt et al.

And that's the end of that possible source of stigma as far as the authors are concerned - when actually power differences and the...

Sean liked Hutan's post in the thread Stigmatisation in clinical consultations for persistent physical symptoms/functional disorders: A best fit framework synthesis, 2024, Treufeldt et al.

1. Create the stigma 2. Categorise the stigma There's definitely a sense of hand-wringing from a number of these papers on FND stigma....

Sean liked Eleanor's post in the thread Adam Mastroianni - blogs on research methodology.

Unserious Science The first section of this article by Adam Mastroianni made me think of quite a few studies that show up in the...

Sean liked rvallee's post in the thread BMJ - Not "all in the mind", 2024, Richards.

Heeeh... not true. Not entirely. It's only true because psychosomatic medicine is not formally a specialty of its own, but for decades...