Bingo. This is the core of BPS - that beliefs about yourself can manifest symptoms.
I don’t follow the field closely, but I’ve only read qualitative studies on pre-symptomatic testing. There’s a wide range of experiences,...
Does inflammation just mean the presence of cells that sometimes are involved in inflammation? Does that tell us much about what’s actually going on?
More than 7000 patients in Norway have been requesting for years to dismantle the National Advisory Unit on ME/CFS because of their BPS approach....
I just found the site that had a transcription, so the credit goes to the developers! On one hand, I believe it’s quite common to believe that...
The logical response would have been to feel guilty about misdiagnosing someone, not to feel guilty about having used a medical diagnosis per se....
Maybe we could ‘obliviate’ their memories of psychosomatics and replace them with real science!
Not the study you’re asking for, but a recent Norwegian one found both under- and over diagnosis with regards to ICD G93.3 and the CCC....
It’s like having an ambulance drive right past a car crash because someone hasn’t called 911 about it.
I think we have to take it a step further and challenge the concept of somatic symptom disorders itself.
If my memory is correct: They mentioned that some of the controls went for tests because they were close contacts. They also excluded controls...
I don’t think anyone has argued that it is perfect. I believe I said it was the best, as in the best we’ve currently got. FUNCAP doesn’t ask...
Does it though? It asks you about the believed consequence of doing activity X during an average day the last month. Is that activity in itself...
UnHerd’s motto: I guess that fits well with the BPS paradigm shift narrative.
The abstract says that most of those are often fatal. It doesn’t really fit with how people can live with ME/CFS for decades.
Of course it does! Getting hit in the head is scary and you might become afraid of using your head again. Skilled practitioners like O’Sullivan...
Limitations (line breaks added): Our study should be interpreted in the context of its limitations. First, our study used self-reported symptoms...
Symptoms they asked about: Fever Runny nose Cough Sweats Headache Migrane Loss of power in muscles Joint pains Exhaustion while resting...
Regarding the post above, it seems to me like O’Sullivan is possibly arguing that the psychosomatic model claims that any symptom can be...
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