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  1. 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: Other psychosomatic news and research
  2. 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: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  3. leokitten
    Thread

    Havana Syndrome: U.S. and Canadian diplomats targeted with possible weapon causing brain injury and neurological symptoms

    Havana Syndrome: U.S. and Canadian diplomats targeted with possible weapon causing brain injury and neurological symptoms CBS News/60 Minutes...
    Thread by: leokitten, Mar 19, 2019, 213 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  4. rvallee
    Thread

    #RCPsychIC hosting a panel on patient engagement with Rob Howard, Mental Elf and Simon Wessely

    [MEDIA] Likely followed by a talk on vaccine safety by Andrew Wakefield and a panel on the scientific method sponsored by Goop.com and...
    Thread by: rvallee, Jul 2, 2019, 12 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  5. Sarah94
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    Wessely & Smith (2015): "Linking benefits to treatment is unethical and probably illegal"

    I just came across this, from 2015: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/29/coercing-people-mental-health-problems-work-treatment...
    Thread by: Sarah94, Jun 7, 2019, 11 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  6. Estherbot
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    Presidential election RCGP

    The Royal College of General Practioners (RCGP) is having its Presidential election soon....
    Thread by: Estherbot, May 21, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Advocacy Action Alerts
  7. Sly Saint
    Thread

    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...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 13, 2017, 733 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic news - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  8. Andy
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    Disabled People Against Cuts: Biopsychosocial lobby and right wing media attack #pwme

    ME activist Catherine Hale explains: “It’s the usual pattern: a spurious story about CFS researchers getting online harassment and having to quit...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 19, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  9. Hip
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    Are Wessely, Sharpe & Co psychologically manipulating gullible journalists into writing articles that present them in a good light?

    I often get the impression that Prof Simon Wessely, Prof Michael Sharpe and others from the Wessely School of psychiatrists prey on naive young...
    Thread by: Hip, Mar 19, 2019, 23 replies, in forum: General Advocacy Discussions
  10. Esther12
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    2003 - Chalder, Wessely, etc. A randomised controlled trial of a psycho-educational intervention to aid recovery in infectious mononucleosis

    This is a repost of something I wrote about 8 years ago, but that post appears to have been damaged, images lost, etc, so I've attempted to...
    Thread by: Esther12, Mar 18, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic news - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  11. Andy
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    Sense about Science UK: Become an Ask for Evidence ambassador

    Sense about Science is recruiting 20 new volunteer ambassadors around the UK to lead the Ask for Evidence campaign. Ask for Evidence is a public...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 11, 2019, 11 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  12. Sean
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    Wessely and double-blinding

    Posting this from Wessely in a 2009 interview, because it shows that he clearly understands the importance of double-blinding subjective outcome...
    Thread by: Sean, Feb 26, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  13. ScottTriGuy
    Thread

    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...
    Thread by: ScottTriGuy, Feb 21, 2019, 49 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  14. Sly Saint
    Thread

    Intimidation of PACE critics or critics of other Psychosocial research

    see me-pedia page: https://www.me-pedia.org/wiki/Intimidation_of_PACE_critics These are not directly related to PACE but still applicable (IMO)...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Feb 20, 2019, 77 replies, in forum: MEpedia
  15. Andy
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    NICE Annual Conference 2019: "Transforming care"

    Welcome to the NICE Annual Conference 2019 NICE 2019: Transforming care celebrates 20 years of NICE’s commitment to innovation, excellence and...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 20, 2019, 16 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  16. ladycatlover
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    Feeling stressed? Join a choir, says top psychiatrist. (Dec 31 2018) Davis, Classic fM

    Article by Elizabeth Davis https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/feeling-stressed-join-a-choir/ One of the UK’s leading psychiatrists has said...
    Thread by: ladycatlover, Jan 2, 2019, 9 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  17. Luther Blissett
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    Open University - Camelford Case Study

    https://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-management/management/leadership-and-management/managing/camelford/case/studygeneral I've been meaning to...
    Thread by: Luther Blissett, Nov 29, 2018, 13 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  18. Cinders66
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    Interesting on many levels, a bbc documentary on shell shock, also a brief section with Simon Wessely

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0brzl3w/wwis-secret-shame-shell-shock Interesting and moving in itself, interesting in parallels I saw...
    Thread by: Cinders66, Nov 13, 2018, 8 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  19. Esther12
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    Info on King's CFS service in King's Health Partners - Psychological Medicine (2017)

    Don't think that this has been posted before - I just found it while looking for something else:...
    Thread by: Esther12, Oct 18, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic news - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  20. Kalliope
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    RSM The NHS at 70 Podcast: Episode 8: Prof Sir Simon Wessely - The Challenges for Mental Health

    RSM The NHS at 70 Podcast: Episode 8: Prof Sir Simon Wessely, President of the RSM - The Challenges for Mental Health In this episode, Professor...
    Thread by: Kalliope, Sep 1, 2018, 34 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic news - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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