TiredSam
Committee Member
For some reason I have an image of his head popping up in the toilet bowl and being impossible to flush.Please don't let him be in the biscuit tin.
For some reason I have an image of his head popping up in the toilet bowl and being impossible to flush.Please don't let him be in the biscuit tin.
Thanks for the suggestion, @JemPD. The committee say it is not something that needs to be done by the committee. If anyone wants to start a thread thanking journalists for writing articles they are free to do so, and others can comment if they wish.Yes this was one of my concerns.
@Trish .....I'd like to draw this post & idea to the attention of the committee for consideration (hence my including the quotes from the start of the specific discussion) but i dont like to tag them all here as i'm aware everyone is both very busy & has their own health to consider. I'm not sure what to do next. Could you advise me pls?
It's also covered in The Times -
Findings of £5m ME chronic fatigue study ‘worthless’
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/findings-of-5m-me-chronic-fatigue-study-worthless-89z8x0xzr
Well, in a different sense to what the journalist intended, that is very true about SW, and hopefully one day he will have to answer for that.Before his work, the standard treatment for ME was rest, with the result that many patients were left incapacitated. Many health professionals agree that he has done more for the sufferers of ME than any other individual, not just in Britain but worldwide.
(sorry, I'm on a bit of a Wessely bender at the moment)
This is a good example of how Wessely can be caught out with his own words (in effect, in this instance).He discovered that by combining cognitive behavioural therapy and light exercise a third of patients make a full recovery.
Classic politician innitThis is a good example of how Wessely can be caught out with his own words (in effect, in this instance).
He is very happy to take the credit for it when he thinks it is going well. But runs a million miles from taking any of the blame when goes arse up.
In WesselyWorld it is always the fault of somebody or something else.
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When I was looking for something else, Wessely's book on clinical trials came up, and I thought that this section could be of interest to people. I know @Jonathan Edwards mentioned being curious about what the book said about blinding.
I really don't think he knows what he is talking about here. This doesn't make sense. Blinding doesn't remove placebo effects per se, and how would a placebo effect be creating a response in a treatment group, unless the treatment were a placebo?