Tag Archives: Dr Esther Crawley

Recovery from paediatric CFS – definitions are highly variable

Recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review-heterogeneity of definition limits study comparison, by Yasmin Moore, Teona Serafimova, Nina Anderson, Hayley King, Alison Richards, Amberly Brigden, Parisa Sinai, Julian Higgins, Caitlin Ascough, Philippa Clery, Esther M Crawley in Arch Dis … Continue reading

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Mental health screening in adolescents with CFS/ME

Mental health screening in adolescents with CFS/ME, by Maria E Loades, Paul Stallard, David Kessler & Esther Crawley in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2021) [doi.org/10.1007/s00787-021-01734-5]   Excerpts from Letter to the editor: Psychiatric co-morbidity in adolescents is common, with the … Continue reading

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A qualitative analysis of teachers’ experiences of CFS/ME

‘It’s a medical condition … you need to support as much as possible’: A qualitative analysis of teachers’ experiences of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), by Amberly Brigden, Alison Shaw, Esther Crawley in BMC Pediatrics Vol 21, #1, p 6, January 4, 2021 … Continue reading

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CFS/ME in children aged 5 to 11 years: a qualitative study

Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis in children aged 5 to 11 years: a qualitative study, by Amberly Brigden, Alison Shaw, Emma Anderson, Esther Crawley in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry Oct 2020 [doi:10.1177/1359104520964528]   Research abstract: Treatments for paediatric chronic fatigue … Continue reading

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How common are depression & anxiety in adolescents with CFS?

How common are depression and anxiety in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and how should we screen for these mental health co-morbidities? A clinical cohort study, by Maria E Loades, Rebecca Read, Lucie Smith, Nina T Higson-Sweeney, Amanda Laffan, … Continue reading

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Using structural & functional MRI as a neuroimaging technique to investigate CFS/ME: a systematic review

Using structural and functional MRI as a neuroimaging technique to investigate chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy: a systematic review, by in BMJ Open Vol 10, #8, p e031672, August 30, 2020 [doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031672]   Strengths and limitations of this study To the best … Continue reading

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“The child’s got a complete circle around him ”. The care of younger children (5–11 years) with CFS/ME.

“The child’s got a complete circle around him ”. The care of younger children (5–11 years) with CFS/ME. A qualitative study comparing families’, teachers’ and clinicians’ perspectives’, by Amberly Brigden, Alison Shaw, Rebecca Barnes, Emma Anderson, Esther Crawley in Health … Continue reading

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The feasibility & acceptability of an early intervention in primary care to prevent CFS in adults

The feasibility and acceptability of an early intervention in primary care to prevent chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in adults: randomised controlled trial, by Hazel O’Dowd, Lucy Beasant, Jenny Ingram, Alan Montgomery, Will Hollingworth, Daisy Gaunt, Simon M Collin, Sarah Horne, … Continue reading

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Interventions to treat pain in paediatric CFS/ME: a systematic review

Interventions to treat pain in paediatric CFS/ME: a systematic review, by Caitlin Ascough, Hayley Kin, Teona Serafimova, Lucy Beasant, Sophie Jackson, Luke Baldock, Anthony Edward Pickering, Jonathan Brooks, Esther Crawley in BMJ Paediatrics Open Vol 4, #1, March 2020     … Continue reading

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Can linguistic analysis be used to identify whether adolescents with a chronic illness are depressed?

Can linguistic analysis be used to identify whether adolescents with a chronic illness are depressed?, by Lauren Stephanie Jones, Emma Anderson, Maria Loades, Rebecca Barnes, Esther Crawley in Clin Psychol Psychother. 2019 Dec 15. [doi: 10.1002/cpp.2417]   Research abstract: Comorbid depression … Continue reading

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