Opinion Cognitive behavioural therapy for neurologists, 2023, Stanton, Chalder and Carvalho

I'm disappointed. With the title of 'Cognitive behavioural therapy for neurologists', I thought it might be the neurologists who were the recipients of therapy aiming to change their behaviour. Certainly, the neurologist I saw would have benefitted from such a therapy.

 

The abstract suggests that the paper is written by neurologists

Biba Stanton 1
1. Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/biba-stanton
That description of Stanton's background indicates that she is hard core FND, but also does seem to be a neurologist

Looks like Stanton is a large part of the FND problem in the UK. I feel very uneasy seeing that she is Chair of the NICE Appeal Panel.

Trudie Chalder 2 - last time I looked, Chalder was not a neurologist

Carolina Carvalho 2,3
2. Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
3. School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
I may be wrong, but the only person I can find with that name and those links is here on Linked In
That Linked In profile suggests that Carvalho is an undergraduate student at the University of Surrey, part of the way through a Bachelor of Science - Psychology (2020-2024). She is also an 'Honorary Research Assistant' at Kings College London. This is noted as an 'indirect contract'. This began in Sep 2022. It is hard to believe that the place traditionally occupied by a senior author in the author list of a paper is taken by someone who has not yet completed an undergraduate qualification, but I cannot find a more senior person with that name listed as an employee of either of the two institutions.
Fatigue outcomes following COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis April 2023, has Chalder as senior author. It found that frequently reported associations with post-Covid-19 fatigue were female gender, age, physical functioning, breathlessness and psychological distress. And it concluded that 'Non-modifiable factors and psychological morbidity may contribute to ongoing fatigue and impede recovery.'

In the Acknowledgements of that paper, there is this:
"The authors thank Carolina Carvalho for her contribution to the quality assessment analysis."
So that does suggest that Carolina Carvalho is an undergraduate student who has been working as a research assistant in Kings College London. So, not a neurologist.

 

Pride cometh before the fall.

Pity they are taking patients down with them.

Besides, seems to me they are more concerned with being precise (consistent) than accurate (correct), though obviously in an ideal world they would be both.