The letter emphasises the importance of not being limited to efficacy studies. Translation: We got nothing. So we are just going to fake it.
Add in the placebo controlled Rituximab study that showed the same for placebo response in ME, and you have a powerful case for much more robust...
Indeed, it becomes your 'methodology'.
Or ineffective.
Assuming the methodology was consistent for all samples (healthy v. patients), then the critical fact here is that they did find a difference....
Psychiatry remains primarily a means for social control, not healing the sick.
This, particularly the composition, structure, and behaviour of the amorphous component, is something I want to see investigated more thoroughly.
The beating and starving will continue until the ungrateful peasant scum submit to their superiors.
Yep. Get the bean counters onside, and we will win.
Not gonna lie. There is a bit of schadenfreude in there. But they are also potentially some of our most powerful allies.
Sorry for the individuals concerned. All the best to them. But maybe this is the the kick up the arse the UK branch of the profession needs to...
I would say that was considerably more than significant. They more-or-less overturned it completely. Wessely is the one of the greatest sophists...
And certainly not what the bean counters will be interested in hearing.
That is superb. Gold standard. :):):) Every person with any connection to the ME/CFS world needs to see this. Spread it far and wide, folks....
It is anti-science. Not pseudo-science, not non-science. Anti-science. They are deliberately doing the opposite of robust scientific...
By solely focusing on objective outcomes and stating that subjective experiences of patients are not valid outcomes Nobody is rejecting...
Very interesting. :nerd::geek:
[Patho-physiological changes, for whatever reason,] in only a few cells could lead to an inflammatory response across multiple systems in the body...
The vastly more methodologically robust Rituximab study completely refutes their claim. There is a sizable placebo effect in self-report for...
Thank you for this, Joan. :thumbup:
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