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  1. Esther12

    Are Reports of Psychological Stress Higher in Occupational Studies? A Systematic Review... (2013) Goodwin, Hotopf, Wessely, etc

    I thought that this was of some interest as it has Wessely seeming to be unusually open about the limitations of questionnaires for assessing symptoms/disorders. Though this time that's seemingly partly because it goes against the 'work is good for you' creed used by the UK government (Waddell &...
  2. Andy

    Graded exercise therapy doesn’t restore the ability to work in ME/CFS. Rethinking of a Cochrane review, 2020, Vink & Vink-Niese

    Open access, https://content.iospress.com/articles/work/wor203174 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.tw/10.3233/WOR-203174 ETA: Now open access.
  3. Andy

    Work Rehabilitation and Medical Retirement for [ME/CFS] Patients. A Review and Appraisal of Diagnostic Strategies, 2019, Vink et al

    Open access, https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/9/4/124
  4. Andy

    Picnics – not work – are a health outcome, say activists

    https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/picnics-not-work-are-a-health-outcome-say-activists/
  5. Esther12

    Factors associated with work status in chronic fatigue syndrome (2019) S A M Stevelink, N T Fear, M Hotopf, T Chalder

    I was sure I'd seen this posted here, but now cannot see it. They say "The early involvement of occupational health practitioners is recommended to maximize the chances of maintaining employment." - Not seen any good evidence for any intervention intended to improve employment outcomes for CFS...
  6. John Mac

    Unemployment and work disability in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: study from Spain (2019) Castro-Marrero et al

    Study conducted by a Hospital CFS/ME unit in Barcelona, Spain. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7225-z
  7. Andy

    Blaming the victim, all over again: Waddell and Aylward’s biopsychosocial (BPS) model of disability, 2016, Shakespeare et al

    Blaming the victim, all over again: Waddell and Aylward’s biopsychosocial (BPS) model of disability, 2016, Shakespeare et al https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0261018316649120
  8. J

    Relationship btwn CFS, burnout, job satisfaction, social support & age among academics at a tertiary institution (2019) Coetzee et al

    Available here: http://ijomeh.eu/The-relationship-between-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-burnout-job-satisfaction-social,91021,0,2.html Not a recommendation. I have only read the Abstract: What I find interesting there is that there is no correlation between CFS and anything. Also it appears that...
  9. Andy

    Trial By Error: Action For ME’s Employment Advice

    http://www.virology.ws/2019/01/23/trial-by-error-action-for-mes-employment-advice/ Also includes @Trish 's letter to AfME about the "Toolkit for professionals".
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  10. Sly Saint

    UK Dec 2018 - £40 million personalised support package for long-term unemployed disabled people launched

    "Disabled people will be able to work with a dedicated key worker to get and stay in employment, the new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has announced today." Re the 'light touch' reviews, I'll believe it when I see it. (this may explain why the DWP were so interested to know about...
  11. Andy

    UK: ME Association: Job vacancies

    https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2018/12/situations-vacant-we-are-recruiting-for-a-social-media-manager-12-december-2018/
  12. Andy

    Chronically-ill 37-year-old lands first ever job, thanks to ground-breaking UK charity

    http://ablemagazine.co.uk/chronically-ill-37-year-old-lands-first-ever-job-thanks-to-ground-breaking-uk-charity/
  13. Andy

    Switching Focus: Whose responsibility to improve disabled people’s employment and pay

    http://www.lse.ac.uk/International-Inequalities/Assets/Documents/Report-JRF/switchingfocus-full.pdf Found this via a Facebook post from the Chronic Illness Inclusion Project https://www.facebook.com/ChronicInclude/posts/646768392391838
  14. Andy

    Blog: Changing the system so that more chronically ill people can work

    https://inclusionproject.org.uk/guest-post/changing-the-system-so-that-more-chronically-ill-people-can-work/
  15. A

    Europe: European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA)

    The European ME Alliance has been a member organisation of the European Federation of Neurological Associations since 2015 (https://www.efna.net/emea/) This survey by EFNA includes M.E. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EFNA-YS It's open until 21st May and findings will be published on World...
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  16. Sly Saint

    Occupational Aspects of the Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a National Guideline, 2006

    Occupational Aspects of the Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a National Guideline Oct 2006 "Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a medically unexplained illness characterised by severe, disabling fatigue and other symptoms. Although there is a large body of research into CFS and its...
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