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The troubled history of psychiatry

Interesting, long piece in the New Yorker Challenges to the legitimacy of the profession have forced it to examine itself, including the...

Thread by: Dr Carrot, May 28, 2019, 26 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
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The "chronic brucellosis" papers.

I thought it would be helpful to present in an organised form links to these papers, mentioned on another thread, which are fundamental to an...

Thread by: chrisb, May 25, 2019, 38 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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Advances in ME/CFS: Past, Present and Future; Friedman, 2018-19

Source: Frontiers in Pediatrics Preprint Date: March 19, 2019 URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00131/abstract...

Thread by: MeSci, Mar 28, 2019, 12 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
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Article: The rise and fall of the biopsychosocial model, 2009, Ghaemi

Abstract The biopsychosocial model is the conceptual status quo of contemporary psychiatry. Although it has played an important role in combatting...

Thread by: Andy, Mar 17, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
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UK: Psychological tyranny prescribed by the DWP: preventable harm is government policy, 2018, Stewart

ALLOWING PREVENTABLE HARM The former DWP Chief Medical Officer, Mansel Aylward, moved from the DWP in 2005 to the then named UnumProvident Centre...

Thread by: Andy, Feb 14, 2019, 8 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
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Dr. Ann Macintyre's Frontline Program about ME/CFS from 1990s

The late Dr. Ann Macintyre's Frontline television program from the 1990s. [MEDIA]

Thread by: Sly Saint, Dec 11, 2018, 5 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
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Bateman Horne Center - November Education Meeting: Setting the Standard of Excellence

This is a video from an event yesterday from Bateman Horne Center; November Education Meeting: Setting the Standard of Excellence First dr....

Thread by: Kalliope, Nov 8, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
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"Abnormal illness behaviour" and the missing citations.

You will, from time to time, have seen references to "abnormal illness behaviour" in connection with ME or CFS, and these will no doubt have cited...

Thread by: chrisb, Oct 14, 2018, 50 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic news - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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The History of Biopsychosocial medicine-- Informative article

For anyone interested in how things got going leading down the current path of BPS. It's a long article and sadly I did not read the whole thing....

Thread by: Snowdrop, Oct 7, 2018, 6 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic news - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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What author Merve Emre uncovered about the origins of the Myers-Briggs personality test

September 18, 2018 article in the Globe and Mail about how the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was developed. Interesting, as the developers started...

Thread by: DokaGirl, Sep 21, 2018, 47 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
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Medical Magic by Elizabeth Moncrieff

"In the following discourse I shall endeavour to shed light on how, and perhaps why, a serious disease has not been taken seriously for nearly...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Sep 17, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
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Psychosocial chapters from Ciba Foundation Symposium 173

I'm currently working my way through this tome, so thought I'd start a thread on it so that anyone else who has read it (and those who haven't)...

Thread by: Lucibee, Sep 13, 2018, 26 replies, in forum: Historical Documents
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The Nib: The Dark History of Hysteria

This was a neat comic based on Maya Dusenbery's book "Doing Harm" The Dark History of Hysteria Jennifer Brea shares some reflections in this...

Thread by: Kalliope, Sep 10, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
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Who is Simon Wessely?

Jim Al-khalili’s subject in his ‘The Life Scientific’ programme on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday, February 14, was Professor Sir Simon Wessely. I...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 13, 2017, 812 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic news - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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"Acedia"

[MEDIA] I wasn't sure where to post this. It is not a term I'm familiar with. Perhaps others can decide whether many of the people who had been...

Thread by: Dolphin, Sep 5, 2018, 5 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
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ME: The Fatigue Cover up - Greg Crowhurst

From FB: " Greg Crowhurst 21 August at 08:03 · ME: THE FATIGUE COVER UP Further to my question here on Facebook, "What is ME", I have now...

Thread by: Sly Saint, Aug 25, 2018, 15 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
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Investigating the origins of GET (graded exercise therapy)

While reading the Ciba Foundation Symposium 173 papers (Wiley, 1993), I came across this quote from Peter White in one of the discussions (after...

Thread by: Lucibee, Aug 21, 2018, 30 replies, in forum: Historical Documents
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Who was it that said being in support groups leads to poor outcome?

Halp. Looking for a resource on this? I'll start the hunt through Phoenix Rising, but if someone has it handy, I'd really appreciate it.

Thread by: JaimeS, Jul 24, 2018, 274 replies, in forum: General Advocacy Discussions
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Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association - historical article about a psychiatrist and the consequences of her bad research

This was an interesting read about a part of our history we don't much care to acknowledge. The article tells the story about the Norwegian...

Thread by: Kalliope, Jul 11, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
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Are ME/CFS Patient Organizations “Militant”?, 2018, Blease and Geraghty

Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a contested illness category. This paper investigates the common claim...

Thread by: Andy, Jul 4, 2018, 54 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid

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