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"The problem may well be that some of our [CBT] treatments are too evidence based." :rofl: Of course, that's obviously it. In part, this article seems to be some sob story about how CBT practitioners are misunderstood and maligned by ungrateful patients. "It would seem that for some sufferers...

In short they are asking for GET and CBT to be removed as treatments before the review concludes in 2020. Core of first letter Core of Mark Baker's reply And core of IiME response Link leads to, at time of posting, all three letters - http://www.investinme.org/IIMER-Newslet-1801-01.shtml

Paywalled at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399917304361

Note that this is not a new study. Full text at http://sci-hub.bz/10.1017/s1352465800015241 Chalder T, Butler S, Wessely S. In-patient treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 1996, 24; 315-365. I don't recall seeing anything published about in-patient...

This thread has been formed by merging several threads about the Mayo clinic and it's approach to treating ME/CFS Supposed treatments for ME CFS - plus overview by Mayo clinic https://www.drugs.com/condition/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs.html Content supplied by Mayo clinic...

Severely affected ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) analysis report on questionnaire 25% ME Group (UK) 2004 Link to survey ME 2008: What progress Action for ME and Association of Young People with ME (UK) 2008 Link to survey Ervaringen van de achterban van patiëntenorganisaties met de...

Free full text: http://www.openaccessjournals.com/articles/studies-and-surveys-implicate-potential-iatrogenic-harm-of-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-and-graded-exercise-therapy-for-myalgic-en-12190.html

The MEA is broadcasting this call for help from a journalist: https://twitter.com/MEAssociation/status/927431823424196608 For those not on FB, the MEA on FB said: Are you having problems with income protection policies? Can you help a journalist? If you are having problems with an income...

You may have heard of it? At the other place, some of us wrote a word or two about it. I thought it might be good to have a thread for PACE chats, or for new people to ask questions, that didn't necessarily relate to important new papers, or anything that warranted a new thread. I could post...

As we've got a new forum, now when I come across an old annoying thing I thought I might post them up for newcomers' pleasure. There's been a lot of discussion recently of how treatments like CBT can encourage patients to fill in questionnaires more positively, even if more objective measures...

Falk Leichsenring, DSc and Christiane Steinert, PhD The authors hightlight several problematic points: - Limited Study Quality - Weak Empirical Tests - Uncontrolled Researcher Allegiance - Central Mechanisms of Change Not Corroborated - Limited Efficacy - No Clear Evidence of Superior Efficacy...

"When therapy causes harm" (2008) Somebody drew my attention yesterday to this article from 2008. Doesn't discuss ME/CFS so not important but I found it of general interest

Can patients with chronic fatigue syndrome really recover after graded exercise or cognitive behavioural therapy? A critical commentary and preliminary re-analysis of the PACE trial. Wilshire C, Kindlon T, Matthees A, McGrath S. Fatigue. 2017 Jan 5:1-4. link to article This article critiques...

2016 Cochrane review of exercise therapy for CFS: Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. Larun L, Brurberg KG, Odgaard-Jensen J, Price JR Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Jan 1;6. link to article The Fine trial (PACE’s ‘sister study’, looked at more severe patients): Nurse led, home...