cbt

Corsius et al. (2019). Zorg voor betere behandeling bij ME. Enquête onder ME-patiënten naar hun ervaringen met behandelingen bij ME. A new patient survey was published two days ago by the Dutch ME/CFS Association (ME/CVS Vereniging). It was conducted online in 2017 and had valid results for...

I've started this thread for discussions regarding the methodological issues and efficacy of the IAPT treatment model. In particular the move to treat 'CFS/ME' as a MUS that can be referred for IAPT CBT/GET treatment is now highly relevant to the ME/CFS NICE guideline.

Hi everyone, A prominent Dutch psychiatrist Bram Bakker has written a book where he published a critical chapter about PACE, CBT/GET and pro Mark Vink. I can't post the whole chapter here but it would be great if you could help me retweet the quote I posted so it gets the attention it needs...

Nicola O’Connell, M.Sc., Ph.D.,Gillian Watson, B.N., P.G.Dip.CBT,Clare Grey, M.Sc., P.G.Dip.CBT, Rosa Pastena, D.Clin.Psych.,Kenneth McKeown, B.Sc. https://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.19030067?journalCode=jnp "This study provides evidence that CBT is feasible...

Psychosocial research: still not acknowledging failings (unless you look beyond the abstract) - (original title of thread) August 22, 2019 Quantifying the Association Between Psychotherapy Content and Clinical Outcomes Using Deep Learning Really? still only questionnaires, subjective...

Study here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005789419300012?via%3Dihub It seems to me to be saying that there are greater self-report responses in those who expect CBT to work. If you tell people the treatment is effective, they'll say it is, no matter how severe the...

Not about ME but the general evidence basis for CBT. This aligns with work by Keith Laws, who regularly reports on CBT trials failing left and right and being shown to be no better than, well, nothing. There is growing evidence that ALL the evidence for the efficacy and safety of CBT is...

On Royal Free website: CFS/ME research "This purpose of the PACE trial was to better understand the possible causes of chronic fatigue syndrome." Really? Since when? https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/services/services-a-z/fatigue-service/cfs-me-research/ (see also Graded exercise...

Michael Sharpe breaks his retirement promise on ME/CFS and returns with this monstrosity, a blog for the BMJ (British Medical Journal) He says ME/CFS is an illness but not a disease... Mind, Medicine and Morals: A Tale of Two Illnesses...

Link to the retracted study.

The Royal College of General Practioners (RCGP) is having its Presidential election soon. https://www.rcgp.org.uk/about-us/news/2019/may/rcgp-announces-seven-candidates-for-college-president.aspx There are 7 candidates... Could we canvas & lobby the the candidates for their views on matters...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1359105319847261?journalCode=hpqa#articleShareContainer

Open access at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102919840614

I saw this article (which is mostly about antidepressants) on the Human Givens Institute and thought it worth sharing as it is written by a psychotherapist...

Open access at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102919838907

Paywall, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399918307244?via%3Dihub Sci Hub, https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.03.017

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/04/10/irritable-bowel-syndrome-psychological-new-study-shows/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6909319/Talking-therapy-cure-IBS-better-drugs-study-reveals.html...

Psychology Tools Limited 32 Queens Road Reading RG1 7AU United Kingdom Downloads include: Behavioral Experiment Worksheet "Behavioral experiments allow individuals to test the validity of their beliefs and assumptions. They are a core experiential technique for therapeutic change in...

ME Association: Forward ME and Oxford Brookes University Announce Results of Patient Survey on CBT and GET in ME/CFS | 03 April 2019 https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/04/forward-me-and-oxford-brookes-university-announce-results-of-patient-survey-on-cbt-and-get-in-me-cfs-03-april-2019/ Lady...

see the one for QMUL here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/2014-impact-case-study-queen-mary-university-of-london-qmul-cfs.7076/ this one is also included on that thread but thought I'd go through it given recent events with MS. so this is what we have to thank Oxford University for: [no...