Blog: The Science Bit by Brian Hughes

Patients generally don't believe that psychotherapy can cure ME/CFS (or that psychological factors cause the illness). That's not dualistic thinking. That's just disagreement about the role of psychotherapy and psychological factors in the illness.

 

and Brian knows how to do PowerPoint much better than me!!!

 

Just watched this. Superb @Brian Hughes. You have a way of seeing the wood despite the trees, hitting the nail on the head, cutting through the cr@p, and most importantly, getting it across in a way that is easily digestible to many audiences. There are so many strawman arguments and misdirections bandied about that are superficially very convincing to the unaware, which includes many professionals. Thankyou and well done, as always .

 

Just fantastic - thank you @Brian Hughes. Loved this touch, complementing the later on —

 

Yes, I mean can MS really believe what he is saying here! It shows him to either be grossly incompetent and/or grossly unprofessional.

 

Why not both?

 

Absolutely!

 

Contrary to the BPS naysayers, there are objective measures that indicate physical dysfunction caused by ME.

For example, research findings of autonomic dysfunction involved in ME are gaining in number. Link to follow later.

 

Hence my "and/or" ... allows for both