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  1. Sly Saint

    Cochrane review: Non-pharmacological interventions for somatoform disorders and medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) in adults. 2014

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25362239 http://sci-hub.tw/10.1002/14651858.CD011142.pub2# Of note curious that this Cochrane review doesn't get so much 'attention'o_O eta: see also Cochrane Clinical Answers https://www.cochrane.org/news/cochrane-clinical-answers Question: What are...
  2. Simbindi

    Discussions around IAPT, LTC and MUS relevant to NICE

    I've started this thread for discussions regarding the methodological issues and efficacy of the IAPT treatment model. In particular the move to treat 'CFS/ME' as a MUS that can be referred for IAPT CBT/GET treatment is now highly relevant to the ME/CFS NICE guideline.
  3. fossil

    Will an app a day, keep the doctor away? A critical look at BPS based phone apps.

    Will an app a day, keep the doctor away? A critical look at BPS based phone apps. In my opinion, these apps may not be designed to keep the doctor away, but to keep patients away from their doctors - in a "don't bother us with your imaginary health problems," kind of way. They seem to be...
  4. fossil

    Can You Reshape Your Brain's Response To Pain? NPR article, June 10, 2019

    Can You Reshape Your Brain's Response To Pain? NPR article, June 10, 2019 A fibromyalgia patient's recovery story, and the therapy she tried was developed by Schubiner who thinks ME/CFS is a Psychophysiologic Disorder...
  5. Sly Saint

    Behavioural modification interventions for medically unexplained symptoms in primary care: systematic reviews & economic evaluation, 2020, White et al

    Have set this up on a thread on it's own (was previously on https://www.s4me.info/threads/mus-services-in-uk-and-other-mus-related-issues.8318/ ) University of Sheffield. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/sections/heds/mus/info...
  6. Andy

    Trial By Error: Some Thoughts on MUS and Bermingham; My Letter to Professor Payne

    http://www.virology.ws/2019/07/08/trial-by-error-some-thoughts-on-mus-and-bermingham-my-letter-to-professor-payne/
  7. Kalliope

    Trial By Error: My Letter to Professor Chew-Graham about the Cost of MUS

    Moderator note: Moved from this thread: Trial By Error: FOI Response from Bristol about LP Study; Correction in BJGP about MUS I have e-mailed the following letter to Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham of Keele University, who has repeatedly mis-quoted a key data point about the cost of so-called...
  8. Kalliope

    Trial By Error: FOI Response from Bristol about LP Study; Correction in BJGP about MUS

    FOI Response from Bristol about LP Study; Correction in BJGP about MUS Tuller has received a response to his FOI request with the University of Bristol about the LP-study and has learned: The university was informed on Feb 8.2018 that the journal had raised serious questions about the study...
  9. A

    Video clip of a Australasian conference on MUS, mentions ME.

    Moderator note: Thread moved from 'General ME/CFS News'. It’s interesting to listen to the last 2 minutes of this short 9 minute video, so starting at 7 minutes, where one of the doctors, the Chairman I believe, poses a question as if he is a ME patient. The response illustrates the...
  10. J

    Physicians’ gender bias in diagnostic assessment of MUS and its effect on patient–physician relations (2019) Clareus & Renstrom

    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emma_Renstroem/publication/333340403_Health_and_Disability_Physicians%27_gender_bias_in_the_diagnostic_assessment_of_medically_unexplained_symptoms_and_its_effect_on_patient-physician_relations/links/5ce7cdeca6fdccc9ddca7ebf/Health-and-Disability-Physicians-ge...
  11. E

    David Tuller: Trial By Error: My Letter about MUS to the British Journal of General Practice

    Trial By Error: My Letter about MUS to the British Journal of General Practice http://www.virology.ws/2019/05/06/trial-by-error-my-letter-about-mus-to-the-british-journal-of-general-practice/ 6 May 2019 By David Tuller, DrPH Reuters reporter Kate Kelland informed me in January that my habit...
  12. JellyBabyKid

    Article: The alarming hijacking of the BioPsychoSocial model

    I saw this article (which is mostly about antidepressants) on the Human Givens Institute and thought it worth sharing as it is written by a psychotherapist...
  13. Andy

    Blog: Spoonseeker, "The Cult of MUS" [guest post by Couch Turnip]

    https://spoonseeker.com/2019/04/17/the-cult-of-mus/
  14. John Mac

    Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS): Faults and Implications Michiel Tack 2019

    https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/7/1247/pdf @Michiel Tack
  15. fossil

    When symptoms are a mystery - American Psychological Association article that quotes Sharpe. (2013.)

    An article from the American Psychological Association, that quotes Sharpe. (2013.) When symptoms are a mystery. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/07-08/symptoms "There has been an unfortunate split in our thinking between what's physical and what we think of as ‘real,' and what is mental, and...
  16. fossil

    Conference: Medically Unexplained Symptoms / Somatic Symptom Disorder Improving the Primary Care Response -Bristol, UK, July 2019

    (Sorry if this has already been posted.) A MUS conference; Medically Unexplained Symptoms / Somatic Symptom Disorder Improving the Primary Care Response Wednesday 3 July 2019 The Novotel Conference Centre, Bristol "Improve your understanding of the breadth and diversity of PPS and MUS...
  17. Trish

    Is it true that more than half of medical consultations are for MUS? A look at the evidence.

    My aim on this thread is to share the results of my digging into this question over the last couple of days. I have found several papers with very different figures and will post them in a series of posts here. The 52% claim: The UK document, Guidance for commissioners of services for people...
  18. Sly Saint

    Summer School Persistent Physical Symptoms - Netherlands 15th-18th June

    Persistent Physical Symptoms Multidisciplinary Challenges , Saturday 15th June - Tuesday 18th June 2019 full details here: https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-medical-sciences/summerschools/persistent-physical-symptoms/ also at that link " The Summer School will take place in advance of...
  19. Andy

    Blog: Spoonseeker, "MUS – International Women’s Day"

    https://spoonseeker.com/2019/03/08/mus-international-womens-day/
  20. Sly Saint

    Evaluating Commonalities Across Medically Unexplained Symptoms (2019) - Guo et al

    Dan Guo 1, Maria Kleinstäuber 2, Malcolm Henry Johnson 3 and Frederick Sundram This research was funded by a grant from the University of Auckland. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/5/818/htm As far as I can make out they prefer all MUS (ie CFS,IBS,FM) to be viewed as one syndrome and...
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