Search results

:D

What is it like to experience severe symptoms for which a distinct diagnostic biomarker cannot yet be found? Thank you. That 'yet' is critical to this discussion.

https://mh.bmj.com/content/medhum/early/2020/09/28/medhum-2020-011873.full.pdf Their argument could be plausible (though not proven), if the clinical studies actually consistently showed some sustained therapeutic results from the psychosocial approach, that delivered actual practical...

But how else will they get all those wonderful secondary benefits if they don't seek that label? Yep. One of the reasons I am so dismissive of the deconditioning claim is that I know from my own direct experience that it could not possibly be true. I was far too active at onset and for a long...

mumble mumble Never as a stated goal. In fact certain of our overlords explicitly declared it off the agenda, even verboten, thus forcing it to be argued for behind closed doors at high level meetings, and done more by stealth by those on the ground who actually had the responsibility for...

Not to mention the complete opposite of the whole CBT-GET 'philosophy'. Which one is it, O Therapists? Because it can't be both. I recommend the RUN therapy to all new young patients. As in RUN AWAY! from these clowns as fast as you can.

It is barbaric. :mad:

+1

Consensus, aka clinical opinion, is all they have.

Oh boy. :banghead: All this tsunami of toxic crap is just because they simply can't say 'we don't know'. Ludicrous fairy tales to paper over the chasms in the profession's actual knowledge and competence are no answer to anything.

There are few participants in this shitty farce who are more disgusting and contemptible than Shorter. He really is a very nasty disturbed piece of work. :sick:

Because he is not as smart as he thinks he is, has nothing solid to back his case, and is getting desperate as reality closes in. Yep. Sharpe's Twittering is exactly that.

This.

I do wonder if she has actually 'overcome' it.

:facepalm:

Certainly hasn't worked with the BPS approach to ME/CFS.

Note the certainty of the language: Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common diagnosis within Neurology. Effective communication of the diagnosis is known to be an important part of treatment and can result in reduction or cessation of symptoms, as well as decreased healthcare...

Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT) is a manualized treatment that integrates components of cognitive-behavioral, acceptance, dialectical, mindfulness-based, and experiential, emotion-focused, treatments using a mechanistic framework drawn from basic and translational findings in affect science...

Safety in numbers?

These are the exactly the sort of people we need onside. Patients can never force the change on our own, we don't have the political clout. It needs people with authority to force the issue at the senior levels of the profession. Right questions.