Full title: A Comparison of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis from the United Stated and Japan
Elzbieta Wiedbusch, Joseph Cotler, Leonard A. Jason
Abstract:
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) are debilitating conditions found...
Interesting show about the aftermath of viruses on NPR station WHYY this morning.
One segment focuses on long COVID. Includes interviews with an immunologist who studies long-term impacts of viruses on the body and a physician trying to help her many patients suffering from long COVID.
Second...
February 2021
In book: Handbook of Research Methods in Health Psychology (pp.228 - 241)
Publisher: Routledge
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349319708_Chronic_Illness_The_Case_of_Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome-Myalgic_Encephalomyelitis
Abstract
Background
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) involves severe fatigue, unrefreshing sleep, and cognitive impairment, leading to functional difficulties; prior studies have not evaluated risk factors with behavioral and immune data collected prior to developing...
Duration 25 minutes
Description:
Llewellyn King interviews Leonard A. Jason, professor of psychology and director of the Center for Community Research at DePaul University in Chicago. Thirty years ago, Jason was stricken with ME/CFS, after a bout of mononucleosis. When he began researching the...
A great Stat news article by David Tuller @dave30th
Seeking the causes of post-Covid symptoms, researchers dust off data on college students with mononucleosis
From 2014 to 2018, DePaul University psychologist Leonard Jason and colleagues collected personal information and blood samples from...
Factors Affecting the Characterization of Post-Exertional Malaise Derived from Patient Input
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol13/iss2/5/
(This would normally fit in research but is neither psychosocial nor biomedical, perhaps a category for research on clinical care is needed?)
Moved from this thread: Possibility of ME or PVFS after COVID-19
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Post-viral fatigue and COVID-19: lessons from past epidemics
Mohammed F. Islam , Joseph Cotler & Leonard A. Jason
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2020.1778227
Risk factors for suicide in chronic fatigue syndrome
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) includes symptoms such as post-exertional malaise, unrefreshing sleep, and cognitive impairments. Several studies suggest these patients have an increased risk of suicidal ideation...
Interesting article I had not seen before; features Len Jason, PACE trial, David Tuller, Mary Dimmock, Wessely, White, Esther Crawley, Steven Holgate, Jo Edwards and more.
just pop this bit in here
o_O
https://goodmenproject.com/the-good-life/worklife-balance/fighting-over-fatigue/
Leonard Jason research finds that many young people have ME/CFS
A new study finds that 0.75%, or 1 in 130 young people, have ME.CFS. That's a lot of people living with the illness. Only 5% of those diagnosed with the illness already had a diagnosis. Prevalence increased rapidly as children...
I wonder what Jason means with this statement:
Jason agrees that mental health approaches, like cognitive behavioral therapy, can “allow patients the mental space to be able to do more and decrease the belief that their condition is serious,” but he cautions that therapy doesn’t actually cure...
The team of Leonard Jason have performed a prevalence study in Chicago on children and adolescents with ME/CFS.
Because this was a community-based study with clinician confirmed diagnosis, this is probably one of the best studies on the prevalence of pediatric ME/CFS thus far...
“We need to know what causes one of the most debilitating health conditions, which is ME/CFS. The best way to figure this out is to identify healthy individuals and then observe what occurs when they are infected with something that might be triggering the disease, such as a virus, like...
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