Full title:
Assessment of psychosocial aspects in adults in post-COVID-19 condition: the EURONET-SOMA recommendations on core outcome domains for clinical and research use
Stefan Salzmann, Lars de Vroege, Petra Engelmann, Per Fink, Susanne Fischer, Stephan Frisch, Lise Kirstine Gormsen...
Full title: Unfavourable glucose metabolism is associated with functional somatic disorders. A cross-sectional general population-based study: The DanFunD study
Highlights
Population-based study sheds light on the potential role of unfavorable glucose metabolism in functional somatic...
Abstract
Objectives
It has been hypothesised that functional somatic disorders (FSD) could be initiated by sympathetic predominance in the autonomic nervous system as measured by low heart rate variability (HRV). Earlier studies on the association between HRV and FSD are small case–control...
https://jimcoyneakacoyneoftherealm.substack.com/p/danish-rct-of-cognitive-behavior?
Danish RCT of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Whatever Bothers Your Physician About You
More at link
Anomalies in the review process and interpretation of the evidence in the NICE guideline for chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis
Peter White, Susan Abbey, Brian Angus, Harriet A Ball, Dedra S Buchwald, Christine Burness, Alan J Carson, Trudie Chalder, Daniel J Clauw, Jan...
Thought it could be helpful to have an own thread on EURONET-SOMA.
From the blurb:
Persistent somatic symptoms are common and complex phenomena which pose major challenges to psychosomatics and many other medical specialties across Europe.
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Chronic courses of disorders are common and...
Objective: Several psychological factors have been proposed to be associated with functional somatic disorders (FSD) including functional somatic syndromes, such as irritable bowel, chronic widespread pain, and chronic fatigue. However, large randomly selected population-based studies of this...
Moved from this thread:
Facts and Myths about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 2022, Per Fink et al. (Danish Medical Journal article)
This post has been split into 3 parts for easier reading
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A bit OT, but I was just looking at this 2004-ish presentation from Fink...
The Lancet New NICE guideline on chronic fatigue syndrome: more ideology than science?
Signe A. Flottorp, Kjetil Brurberg, Per Fink, Hans Knoop, Vegard B B Wyller
Article is paywalled other than this text (references removed):
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the...
ABSTRACT
Disrupted pain regulation has been proposed as a component in functional somatic disorders (FSD). The objective of this study was to examine a general population sample, encompassing three delimitations of FSD while assessing pain sensitivity and conditioning pain modulation (CPM)...
Highlights
• Prevalence of diagnoses were lower in the diagnostic interview than in self-reported questionnaires.
• Discrepancies constituted the clinical evaluation of symptom attribution and impairment.
• Symptom questionnaires are an important screening tool.
• Diagnostic interviews are...
Abstract
Objective
The Danish Study of Functional Disorders (DanFunD) approaches functional somatic disorders (FSD) with three delimitations: Five functional somatic syndromes (FSS), Bodily Distress Syndrome (BDS), and eight data-driven symptom profiles (SP). This paper presents each...
As I recall, the definition they use for CFS is pretty rubbish e.g. they just require fatigue.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022399919306014
The Danish medical newspaper Dagens Medisin has had a seminar about health where psychiatrist Per Fink was invited.
He talks about how he's been attacked and harassed by patients, and even had a senator speaking against him. His clinic has hired help from a communication agency, the staff has...
Many will remember the horrible Karina Hansen case from Denmark. A young woman with severe ME who got sectioned and taken from her family's care to undergo treatment from psychiatrists Per Fink and Nils Balle Christensen. They believed she suffered from functional disorder. Her family was not...
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