psychosomatic medicine

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    The Psychosomatic Approach to Primary Chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis. (1965) Ehrlich

    A book review from 1965. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/572067 Male doctor about woman patient. We tried all possible remedies. There is no ongoing pathology. Referred to me by other specialists. Other doctors see them as 'problem patients'. Mustn't be...
  2. 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...
  3. A

    The HANDI Working Group

    Thread split from “Graded exercise therapy: Chronic fatigue syndrome” by The HANDI Working Group (2019) Who comprise the HANDI group and what are their interests. Interesting re timing of this piece
  4. T

    “Graded exercise therapy: Chronic fatigue syndrome” by The HANDI Working Group (2019)

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1755738019852393?journalCode=inoa
  5. Estherbot

    Michael Sharpe: Mind, Medicine and Morals: A Tale of Two Illnesses (2019) BMJ blog - and published responses

    Michael Sharpe breaks his retirement promise on ME/CFS and returns with this monstrosity, a blog for the BMJ (British Medical Journal) He says ME/CFS is an illness but not a disease... Mind, Medicine and Morals: A Tale of Two Illnesses...
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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 understanding of the BPS approach to ME, and which should be read by those wanting an understanding of how we got to where we are. The papers usually...
  7. Trish

    RCPCH conference 2019 abstract: When chronic fatigue syndrome leads to mutism, Moeda et al

    When chronic fatigue syndrome leads to mutism For more on the conference see this thread: https://www.s4me.info/threads/me-cfs-contributions-at-royal-college-of-paediatrics-and-child-health-conference-may-2019.9555/
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    In This Doctor’s Office, a Physical Exam Like No Other (NY Times 8 May 2019) - Commentry by Henrik Vogt

    New York Times article about Stanford research published in Nature and led by Mike Snyder whose team is also helping Ron Davis with multiomics. This study was a very long longitudinal study to capture changes in the body over time, before diseases were diagnosed. Some changes led to early...
  9. ME/CFS Skeptic

    The pathway from glandular fever to chronic fatigue syndrome, 2011, Moss-Morris et al

    Copied from the New Zealand thread This is the paper she is referring to: The pathway from glandular fever to chronic fatigue syndrome: can the cognitive behavioural model provide the map? I think the paper is worth a discussion because it is one of the few papers that actually tried to test...
  10. Sly Saint

    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 thought given the new research into ME and Gulf War Illness this would be of interest. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08dnr3g " Gulf War Syndrome. So...
  11. 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...
  12. Andy

    The ‘cognitive behavioural model’ of chronic fatigue syndrome: Critique of a flawed model, 2019, Geraghty et al

    Open access at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102919838907
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    Mystery illnesses reveal the power of our minds to influence health, New Scientist

    The rest of this article is behind a paywall, so I don’t know if ME gets a mention... (as some people persist in lumping it in this broad category). https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232240-100-mystery-illnesses-reveal-the-power-of-our-minds-to-influence-health/
  14. ME/CFS Skeptic

    Central sensitisation: another label or useful diagnosis? (2019) Nijs et al.

    Review on Central Sensitisation by the Belgian Research team of Nijs et al. Source: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/early/2019/03/11/dtb.2018.000035 Does anyone have access to the paper?
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. Sly Saint

    MUS services in UK and other MUS related issues

    As increasingly pw ME/CFS are being referred through IAPT for treatment as MUS I thought I'd set up a separate thread from the ME/CFS Services in UK. " Medically Unexplained Symptoms: Primary Care Intervention University of Sheffield Subject Experts Professor Peter White is Professor of...
  18. S

    Characteristics of patients with motor functional neurological disorder in a large UK mental health service (2019) O'Connell, Wessely et al

    Ugh. Have you seen this new piece @dave30th ? "Conclusions mFND patients have distinct demographic characteristics compared with psychiatric controls. Experiences of abuse appear to be equally prevalent across psychiatric patient groups. This study establishes the socio-demographic and life...
  19. Sly Saint

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia for Gulf War Illness (CBTi GWI) (2016-2020) Chao

    Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02782780
  20. Andy

    The 'Cognitive Behavioural Model' of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Critique of a Flawed Model, 2019, Geraghty

    Preview (abstract only) at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330901648_The_'Cognitive_Behavioural_Model'_of_Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome_Critique_of_a_Flawed_Model
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