General thread on functional disorders in Denmark

The link is an overview of allocations from the insurance company Tryghedsgruppen's foundation Trygfonden. The Danish study is one of the receivers of funds.

This is not the first time they've supported a project like this.

Nina E. Steinkopf has written more:
https://melivet.com/2021/04/22/me-the-insurance-industry-and-psychiatry/

 

Well, here is a surprise:

2008 | TryghedsGruppen and a new partnership
Tryg i Danmark smba changes its name to ’TryghedsGruppen'. TrygVesta and AXA Corporate Solutions enters a partnership agreement. TrygVesta is now able to use the international network of AXA Corporate Solutions to meet Nordic customers' international insurance requirements.
History | Tryg.com

Those who have been paying attention lately may have seen this

IBC TO LAUNCH NEW HEALTH CARE GUIDE FOR CLAIMS PROFESSIONALS - Insurance-Canada.ca - Where Insurance & Technology Meet

which showed AXA working in collaboration with Arthur Cott to establish national guidelines in Canada in 2001

 

It would be interesting if the TryghedsGruppen could be tied more closely to the "PRISMA" group of aligned insurance companies- whatever that might be, or have been. It would certainly explain a great deal if the Nordic countries are involved.

 

That last post needs some amendment. "PRISMA" appears to have been merely one provider of rehabilitation services. As such it entered into agreement with insurance companies for a particular range of services. It seems probable that insurance companies would, in each area that they covered, seek to enter into similar agreements with the local service provider. This seems unobjectionable if the parties are "at arms length", negotiating on an open basis. In some cases arms may not be of the requisite length. More research is needed.

 

Per Fink is stepping down according to a paywalled article in the medical newspaper Dagens Medicin. He is quoted saying he was targeted because he stuck to professionalism.
He recently resigned as Chief Physician for Functional Disorders at Aarhus University Hospital.

 

Good grief the dude is 71, retire already.

But:

Criticism from patient groups is well-known, but the rest would sure be interesting to find out. Especially from medical colleagues. I guess it all happens in secret behind closed doors? Because I've only ever seen from patients, and anything in the media that criticized him came from patients doing so.

Also, did Fink himself write the "For more than 25 years, he has tried to assert professionalism and a scientific approach to functional disorders" or what? Because that's one hell of a framing, about on par with saying of RFK that "For more than 25 years, he has tried to assert professionalism and a scientific approach to vaccine safety". Totes, dude. Totes. Very scientific. Very professional.

 

From the open part:

Way to play the victim. There is nothing professional about anything he has done. He has repeatedly violated every conceivable ethical and scientific standard, and enriched himself at the cost of thousands of patients.

Good riddance.

 

They always reach for DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender), every single time. We have never seen any of them admit they got it wrong.