Full title: BMC family practice integrated GP care for patients with persistent physical symptoms: feasibility cluster randomised trial
[Worth noting that the intended study title was probably "Integrated GP care for patients with persistent physical symptoms: feasibility cluster randomised...
Abstract
Background
NHS specialist chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) services in England treat approximately 8000 adult patients each year. Variation in therapy programmes and treatment outcomes across services has not been described.
Methods
We described treatments provided by 11 CFS/ME...
Thought this was an interesting editorial. It's from 2004 but is still relevant.
Source: http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC351829&blobtype=pdf
Author list: Maria Kleinstäuber Christine Allwang Josef Bailer Matthias Berking Christian Brünahl Maja Erkic Harald Gitzen Mario Gollwitzer Japhia-Marie Gottschalk Jens Heider Andrea Hermann Claas Lahmann Bernd Löwe Alexandra Martin Jörn Rauk Annette Schröder Johannes Schwabe Jeanine Schwar...
https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/patients/services/clinical_depts/paediatric_cfs_me/documents/Resources_for_Clinicians_and_Healthcare_Professionals/CBT_for_CFS_Therapist_Manual.pdf
link found here...
So I often get in discussions with BPS folks and the criticism some of them have is that we patients reject psychological treatments as a whole.
As a counterargument I often refer to the Energy Envelope Theory from the DePaul that is not considered controversial by the community and that is has...
Full title: Effects of the prolong life with nine turn method (Yan Nian Jiu Zhuan) Qigong on patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Open access PDF available from http://apm.amegroups.com/article/view/48615
Due in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/132955332/pdf_proof_re_submit.pdf
https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-for-chronic-fatigue-and-cfs(67b43c92-f30b-4e21-a7b6-1b94e2ead525).html
Very troubling study by prof Knoop et al.
"ONDERZOEKSVRAAG
To investigate whether delivering timely Cognitive Behavioural Therapy [CBT], an evidence-based treatment for chronic fatigue, is effective in preventing the development of post-COVID-19 chronic fatigue.
URGENTIE
A substantial...
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/gps-should-not-prescribe-opioids-for-chronic-pain-says-nice/20041262.article
I've not been impressed by the evidence that painkillers improve outcomes over the long-term for chronic pain, but I also think it's important that it's patients themselves who get to...
Free full text:
https://gredos.usal.es/bitstream/handle/10366/143718/TFG_PoloFerrandez_EjercicioFatiga.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
From: Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks
Source: University of Salamanca
Date: June 2020
URL: https://gredos.usal.es/handle/10366/143718...
In CBT/GET research regarding ME/cfs we find a considerable number of studies and outcomes that have been disappeared or reasoned away because they show the opposite of what the researchers want us to believe.
It appears that the academic world has no adequately functioning mechanism for self...
The abstract is very long (see below) so I will highlight the conclusion:
Abstract
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32681745/
Am I wrong, or are scandinavian psychologists more and more critical of the doxa?
Edit: paragraph breaks are mine.
Study protocol for POSITIF, a randomised multicentre feasibility trial of a brief cognitive-behavioural intervention plus information versus information alone for the treatment of post-stroke fatigue
https://pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40814-020-00622-0
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