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@Robert 1973 you are a legend :D

Well i assume the 'trial design specialists' would include Wessely & his co author, they wrote a book on 'clinical trials in psychiatry or something. Although whenever I've seen him talk about that book he always says "i wrote a book" rather than that he co authored it. Clearly considers himself...

Thanks so much @Esther12 I've read that paper but there are so many brilliant papers about PACE i get muddled which one is which

does anyone know where that graph that Anton Meyer tweeted, came from? I'd love to print it out (inc the references) & use it to give to a HP i know

@Londinium you have articulated my point of view beautifully thank you :) I long for the ability to be so succinct. Yes I agree, however.... What @Nasim Marie Jafry says is spot on imho. I'm very happy to cut everyone slack, i need lots of it myself. So wouldnt have dreamed of commenting if...

Goodness does she really think that? Crumbs no!:eek: He will just take whatever she says & twist it for his own purposes. yes a total fantasy. I sometimes wonder if she's aware of the way some of the things she does can be twisted to appear to bolster the BPS ideas.... like pitching a tent in...

Interesting @Cinders66 thanks for that info i was still fairly new to the field back then. Yes thank you indeed @Jonathan Edwards, what can we do to help?

my bold yeah I think i'm getting it, so people going on to NICE and to anywhere else about other options for treatment is actually likely counterproductive? We can point out the other evidence suggestive of possible organic pathology but we need to steer clear of talking about any evidence for...

yes ah ok i see, in broader terms what can be done about this do you think? I mean by us (pwme/advocates etc), - is there any way for us to affect change is that area? It feels like that' might be a possibly more effective strategy than merely trying to go after PACE itself for retraction, since...

This thread is so interesting. But sad to read of all your difficulties @Wonko, that stinks. I cant go out alone ever because it's so unsafe for me, even with good pacing i still regularly crash unexpectedly & suddenly, & then I cant hold myself upright in a chair, & get very confused &...

I'm finding your posts on this thread encouraging @Jonathan Edwards :) I also wonder.. Like PACE? Or was that of a high enough standard in the protocol? before they dropped the objective outcome measures & lowered the thresholds? I feel personally certain that this is part of the problem. I...

Gosh @Graham, the Gibson report! i forgot all about that. I thought that would really make a difference. Ugh countless times i thought, 'oh we're really going to get somewhere now' the tide is turning, in fact all that's happened is a ruddy tsunami coming into shore instead. I'm encouraged by...

Well that was an excellent interview. Very well done to SC, professional, real, succinct, direct & i particularly liked the emphatic tone. very good thank you. Thank you also to John Darvall, very well conducted interview

haha brilliant :D heres mine... My work explores the relationship between Jungian archetypes and skateboard ethics. With influences as diverse as Kafka and Frida Kahlo, new variations are generated from both mundane and transcendant textures. Ever since I was a postgraduate I have been...

I only read the abstract so cant comment on the full paper, but the abstract reminds me of some contemporary artists' 'Artist Statements'. http://www.thecollectorsartist.com/pretentious-artists-statements-why-we-write-them/ https://artybollocks.com/#abg_full When people use unnecessary...

@Sly Saint @NelliePledge :D:laugh: those really made me laugh, i needed that thank you.

we appear to be having a similar discussion on 2 diff threads which confuses me, so i'll try & make this my last comment here as it not really on topic anyway.... Yes, i see what you're saying. But I don't think it's necessarily the case that all psychological ideas can be traced back to Freud...

Ah, yes i see what you mean, thank you for explaining. I detest Freudian theory, he did make it up as he went along and was basically a perv obsessed with sex iyam. But that doesn't mean that all ideas, philosophies, methods that have developed since him are automatically poor or harmful just...

Personally i think the main problem with psychiatry, and some of psychology/psychologists too, is afaiaa, unlike a degree in say Humanistic Psychotherapy, there is no requirement that you have had any kind of psychotherapy yourself, (and by psychotherapy here i mean relationship based, self...

I couldn't agree more