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The case of CFS-ME
The case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, by Leonard A Jason, Joseph Cotler, Shaun Bhatia, Madison Sunnquist, Chapter 17: Chronic Illness, pp 228-241 in Handbook of Research Methods in Health Psychology Nov 2020 Prof Leonard Jason’s team have contributed a chapter … Continue reading
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Tagged case definitions, classification, diagnosis, history of ME, Joseph Cotler, Madison L Sunnquist, Prof Leonard Jason, Shaun Bhatia
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Selection bias & disease misclassification undermine the validity of ME/CFS studies
Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome has been a controversial diagnosis, resulting in tensions between patients and professionals providing them with care. A major constraint limiting progress has been the lack of a ‘gold standard’ for diagnosis; with a number … Continue reading
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Tagged Caroline C Kingdon, classification, Dr Luis Nacul, Eliana M Lacerda, Erinna Bowman, Hayley Curran, selection bias
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ME Association challenges Pulse Learning’s classification of ME/CFS as a mental health disorder
ME Association blog post, by Dr Charles Shepherd, 21 August 2016: ME Association challenges Pulse Learning’s classification of ME/CFS as a mental health disorder The ME Association has today asked the medical education website Pulse Learning to remove Chronic Fatigue … Continue reading
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NICE corrects classification of CFS/ME
From Tymes Trust: Tyme Trust discovered over the parliamentary recess that NICE had listed the CFS/ME Guideline under mental health. We immediately alerted Patron the Countess of Mar, of whose Forward-ME group we are a member. NICE’s listing could already have … Continue reading
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Tagged classification, Countess of Mar, Forward ME Group, mental health, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, neurological classification, NICE, Tymes Trust
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A strategy for defining and distinguishing ME & CFS
Abstract The symptom spectrum of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) was first detailed in 1959 and later operationalised into a diagnostic protocol (Melvin Ramsey). In 1988 the Holmes case definition coined the term chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Fukuda’s Centers for Disease Control … Continue reading
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Tagged classification, definitions, diagnostic criteria, Gerwyn Morris, Michael Maes
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