Getting it Right: Addressing myths about the 2021 NICE guideline for ME/CFS

Brian Hughes is an academic psychologist and university professor in Galway, Ireland with a blog called the Science bit. On World ME Day 2023 he spoke to the Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI conference in Belfast.

He outlined eight pieces of misinformation regarding the new guideline (and about ME/CFS more generally) that are currently being pushed from certain quarters.

These myths included:

• “CBT and GET are ‘evidence-based’ treatments for ME/CFS!”
• “Evidence cannot just ‘change’!”
• “The NICE review was driven by patient advocacy!”
• “The defenders of the old guideline are simply standing up for science!”
• “You cannot evaluate ME/CFS outcomes using objective measures!”

Watch the video: