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An update: The "briefing document" by Dr Diane O'Leary had been published on the website of ME Research UK on April 3. It had also been published on the Forward-ME website with no caveats in relation to statements made within that document. On Monday, the document was removed from ME Research...

Extract from most recent Summary Report, WHO-FIC Network Council Small Executive Group (Council-SEG), Date: 8 March 2018 https://b98d026c-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/whoficcouncil/teleconferences/2018.03.08 - WHO-FIC Council SEG.pdf WHO-FIC Network Council Small Executive Group...

A number of countries have been granted licenses by WHO to adapt ICD-10 for the specific needs of their country's health systems. These countries use what are called "clinical modifications" of ICD-10 and they may contain additional terms, or slight restructuring of chapter category blocks, or...

Before I reply, can you clarify which are you referring to, to ICD or to SNOMED CT?

In 2010, three years prior to the finalization and publication of DSM-5, Creed et al. had advanced: "...Somatic symptom disorder is not a term that is likely to be embraced enthusiastically by doctors or patients; it has an uncertain core concept, dubious wide acceptability across cultures and...

ICD Revision Beta Comment and Proposal Mechanism: January 2015 http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd11/browse/proposals/f/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/767044268?readOnly=true&action=ContentEnhancementProposal&stableProposalGroupId=c3a5ea34-6995-452e-9dde-dfda54ca930a Personal comment...

Originally, the PCCG primary care workgroup had proposed the term "Bodily distress syndrome" for its proposed construct. But unless Fink et al were agreeable to an adaptation of his BDS criteria set, which is already in use, it would be iffy for WHO to be applying the term to a criteria set that...

Currently already in use or being proposed for use in classification and terminology systems: Somatic symptom disorder [DSM-5, published 2013, cross mapped to U.S.'s ICD-10-CM existing code F45.1] Somatic symptom disorder [Added to U.S. ICD-10-CM in 2016 as inclusion term under existing F45.1...

Following my contact with ME Research UK website and also directly with Sue Waddle, the "briefing document" that was posted on ME Research UK's site on April 3, with no caveats, appears to have been removed from the website, this morning.

YUMS it is, MEMarge. And thank you for your kind words.

The ICD-10 PHC (or "primary care edition") of ICD-10 was for mental disorders only. Rather than include several hundred ICD-10 core version mental disorders, it contains 26 of what were considered the most common mental disorders encountered in general practice and for use in some countries by...

I was advised by the Countess of Mar, yesterday, that the Forward-ME Group is considering a response and that it should be posted on the Forward-ME website on Monday. In the meantime, the document remains up on the website with no caveats.

No statement issued yet by the Countess of Mar and the "briefing document" remains up on the ME Research UK website and is also still on Forward-ME's website, with no caveats from either party. I've emailed ME Research UK and suggested it would be appropriate under the circumstances to pull the...

Thank you, Solstice and Daisymay.

As a classificatory term, DSM-IV's "Conversion disorder" was replaced for DSM-5 (published 2013) by the term "Conversion disorder (Functional neurological symptom disorder)". For ICD-11, the term "Functional neurological disorder" has been proposed by Stone, Shakir et al. This term has been...

Who remembers the Pick 'n' Mix sweet counter at Woolies... Image Copyright Suzy Chapman 2018

Hi Russell, I did not receive a message by you via Yahoo LocalME. I sometimes find Yahoo rejects messages or there is a delay of a day or two while messages are represented by the servers. Suzy

"Why Hasn’t Anyone Heard About This?" I have been reporting on developments with the PCCG work group for the primary care version of ICD-11 mental disorders since at least August 2012 both on forums and on my site.

Which begs the questions: a) How come this "briefing paper" wasn't carefully checked by its author for clarity, errors and misconceptions before being presented? b) How come the parties who have already posted this document on their websites did not red flag a meaningless sentence before...

I have spoken to the Countess of Mar this afternoon and a statement is planned to be issued. Did you email me Russell, as I've not received? Suzy