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This article was written by "Dr Charles Shepherd medical adviser to the ME Association" and is not entirely unbiased.

by cant_kant 11y ago

tonyedgecombe 11y ago
What biases would someone from the ME Association have other than wanting to be able to treat the condition?
- peteretep 11y ago
  Differentiating it from being just another branch of psychiatry. Not what I believe, but that's clearly a potential avenue for bias.
- DanBC 11y ago
  Total and utter rejection of any possibility that some cases of ME could be helped (even a little bit) with a psychological therapy.
  - cpncrunch 11y ago
    This mindset is unfortunate, and detrimental to patients. There have been a lot of studies on CBT/GET, and there isn't really any doubt that they are moderately effective. The only issue I have with the treatments is that the theories behind them (deconditioning and abnormal illness beliefs) don't really have any evidence. I suspect they work for other reasons. However, that shouldn't be a reason to completely reject them. I was speaking to someone recently who recovered from CFS (after being mostly bed-bound) through CBT and lifestyle changes, and she is now completely recovered. In her case there were a lot of recent traumatic experiences which contributed to her illness, so CBT was very helpful in addressing those issues. Some charities, such as Action 4 ME, seem a little more open-minded about CBT.
- xlm1717 11y ago
  Wanting to force doctors to apologize, for one, which I think is counterproductive. Don't wait for an apology, just get your treatment plan and get out of the office.
narag 11y ago
He's clearly biased towards using tons of mysterious acronyms.
- DanBC 11y ago
  WHO - World Health Organisation NICE - National Institute for Health Care Excellence http://www.nice.org.uk/ http://www.nice.org.uk/ PACE - http://www.wolfson.qmul.ac.uk/current-projects/pace-trial http://www.wolfson.qmul.ac.uk/current-projects/pace-trial All the rest are expanded in the text.

This article was written by "Dr Charles Shepherd medical adviser to the ME Association" and is not entirely unbiased.

tonyedgecombe 11y ago

What biases would someone from the ME Association have other than wanting to be able to treat the condition?

peteretep 11y ago
Differentiating it from being just another branch of psychiatry. Not what I believe, but that's clearly a potential avenue for bias.
DanBC 11y ago
Total and utter rejection of any possibility that some cases of ME could be helped (even a little bit) with a psychological therapy.
- cpncrunch 11y ago
  This mindset is unfortunate, and detrimental to patients. There have been a lot of studies on CBT/GET, and there isn't really any doubt that they are moderately effective. The only issue I have with the treatments is that the theories behind them (deconditioning and abnormal illness beliefs) don't really have any evidence. I suspect they work for other reasons. However, that shouldn't be a reason to completely reject them. I was speaking to someone recently who recovered from CFS (after being mostly bed-bound) through CBT and lifestyle changes, and she is now completely recovered. In her case there were a lot of recent traumatic experiences which contributed to her illness, so CBT was very helpful in addressing those issues. Some charities, such as Action 4 ME, seem a little more open-minded about CBT.
xlm1717 11y ago
Wanting to force doctors to apologize, for one, which I think is counterproductive. Don't wait for an apology, just get your treatment plan and get out of the office.

narag 11y ago

He's clearly biased towards using tons of mysterious acronyms.

DanBC 11y ago
WHO - World Health Organisation NICE - National Institute for Health Care Excellence http://www.nice.org.uk/ http://www.nice.org.uk/ PACE - http://www.wolfson.qmul.ac.uk/current-projects/pace-trial http://www.wolfson.qmul.ac.uk/current-projects/pace-trial All the rest are expanded in the text.