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  1. Woolie
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    Active placebos versus antidepressants for depression, 2004, Moncrieff, Wessely, Hardy

    Just came across this and thought it might be of interest (its not new, its from 2004) Moncrieff, J., Wessely, S., & Hardy, R. (2004). Active...
    Thread by: Woolie, Jun 19, 2021, 18 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
  2. Sly Saint
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    Article: EVE SIMMONS: Why I believe raking over the past ISN’T always good for our mental health

    Seventeen years after losing my father to cancer – a few days shy of my 13th birthday – I can still hear the nurse’s words: ‘Daddy’s gone,...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jun 18, 2021, 9 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  3. Andy
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    Preprint: The Rise And Fall Of The Wessely School, 2021, Marks

    Abstract The Wessely School’s (WS) approach to medically unexplained symptoms, myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome (MUS/MECFS)...
    Thread by: Andy, Jun 10, 2021, 31 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS News
  4. Kalliope
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    Articles by David F Marks

    "Treatment harms to patients with ME/CFS" Quote: - Despite evidence of physiological and cellular abnormalities in myalgic encephalomyelitis...
    Thread by: Kalliope, Mar 10, 2021, 20 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
  5. Esther12
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    Are Reports of Psychological Stress Higher in Occupational Studies? A Systematic Review... (2013) Goodwin, Hotopf, Wessely, etc

    I thought that this was of some interest as it has Wessely seeming to be unusually open about the limitations of questionnaires for assessing...
    Thread by: Esther12, Oct 8, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  6. Esther12
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    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for chronic fatigue and CFS: outcomes from a specialist clinic in the UK (2020) Adamson, Wessely, Chalder

    Due in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Abstract Objectives Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is commonly used to treat Chronic...
    Thread by: Esther12, Aug 8, 2020, 171 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
  7. dreampop
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    Salivary cortisol output before and after cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome, 2008, Roberts

    Abstract Background:There is evidence that patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have mild hypocortisolism. One theory about the aetiology...
    Thread by: dreampop, Jul 21, 2020, 6 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
  8. Trish
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    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Summary of a Report of a Joint Committee of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, Psychiatrists and GP's, 1996, Simon Wessely

    Found by @DigitalDrifter who asked me to post it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5401495/?page=1 Journal of the Royal College of...
    Thread by: Trish, Jul 4, 2020, 15 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
  9. Sly Saint
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    Article: Fighting over Fatigue (republished: originally published 2015)

    Interesting article I had not seen before; features Len Jason, PACE trial, David Tuller, Mary Dimmock, Wessely, White, Esther Crawley, Steven...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 17, 2020, 15 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
  10. Sly Saint
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    Simon Wessely on Covid-19

    I am a scientist called on to give advice at times like these. This week it became personal The writer is director of the NIHR Health Protection...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Mar 16, 2020, 72 replies, in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19)
  11. Sly Saint
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    Article: 'Is standing up for expertise a fool’s errand?' - Simon Wessely still being portrayed as the 'victim'

    Article: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/standing-expertise-fools-errand another victim is Simon Wessely, professor of...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jan 16, 2020, 83 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
  12. Sly Saint
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    Articles on ME/CFS by Margaret Williams and Professor Malcolm Hooper 1986-2018 With contributions from Eileen Marshall (1994-2007) and others

    Useful resource. A collection of articles by Margaret Williams and Professor Malcolm Hooper together with related documents written by other...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Dec 29, 2019, 29 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
  13. Sly Saint
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    Daily Telegraph: Why do we tell women they're mad, when they're really ill? Nov 18 2019

    or "Stop telling women they're mad when they're really ill" [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 19, 2019, 20 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  14. Simbindi
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    Personality and social attitudes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (1999) Wood and Wessely.

    Hardly a new paper, but I can't see this paper as a title on any existing thread. It's interesting to read Wessely himself state that they found...
    Thread by: Simbindi, Sep 30, 2019, 9 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
  15. Sly Saint
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    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - LSHTM 120 keynote lecture: Alumni on the frontline of innovation 2019

    2019 marks the 120th anniversary of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's foundation. To mark this momentous occasion, we are...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Sep 16, 2019, 29 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  16. Sly Saint
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    Sir Simon Wessely being replaced as President of Royal Society of Medicine 2019

    Modernising the Royal Society of Medicine: We Speak to its President-Elect September 13, 2019 World-renowned urologist Professor Roger Kirby has...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Sep 16, 2019, 10 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  17. InfiniteRubix
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    What is "Chronic Fatigue" in the Wessely School (CFS vs CF Wessely 1997, Prins 2006, White 2011)

    Hello all, I am very familiar with the ICC, CC, CDC vs Oxford criteria discussion, prevalence differences, Oxford obfuscation, etc. but I have a...
    Thread by: InfiniteRubix, Sep 14, 2019, 9 replies, in forum: Diagnostic Guidelines
  18. Sly Saint
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    BBC Article - Re 'Mass hysteria in Malaysia' - SW comments

    The mystery of screaming schoolgirls in Malaysia 11 August 2019 The mechanisms behind mass hysteria are often poorly understood and it is not...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Aug 15, 2019, 20 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  19. daftasabrush
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    Failed PACE trial grant submissions

    Before the approval of the PACE trial there were several similar failed submissions to the MRC - only when they added "Specialist" Medical Care...
    Thread by: daftasabrush, Jul 20, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
  20. rvallee
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    ‘Havana syndrome’ symptoms of diplomats in Cuba are not mass hysteria

    Since no one is posting this yet I'm going to right ahead. Replace a few words and this argument could be applied to ME. The main arguments are...
    Thread by: rvallee, Jul 6, 2019, 71 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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