Tag Archives: David Tuller

Opposition to Oxford NHS Trust leaflet which confuses post Covid-19 fatigue with ME/CFS

The ME community requests Oxford NHS Trust leaflet be withdrawn   A collection of physicians, physiotherapists MPs and patient charities have written to Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust to object to the content of a leaflet by their Psychosocial Response … Continue reading

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Post-exertional malaise is associated with greater symptom burden & psychological distress in patients diagnosed with CFS

Post-exertional malaise is associated with greater symptom burden and psychological distress in patients diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Marcella May, Sara F Milrad, Dolores M Perdomo, Sara J Czaja, Mary Ann Fletcher, Devika R Jutagir, Daniel L Hall, Nancy … Continue reading

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The ‘cognitive behavioural model’ of CFS: critique of a flawed model

The ‘Cognitive Behavioural Model’ of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: critique of a flawed model, by Keith Geraghty, Leonard Jason, Madison Sunnquist, David Tuller, Charlotte Blease & Charles Adeniji in Journal of Health Psychology,  April 23 2019   Review abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic … Continue reading

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Dutch report on CFS downgrades CBT & GET, calls for more research

The Dutch Health Council  report to their Parliament in the Hague on CFS, 19 March 2018. Report in Dutch          Summary in Dutch        Background Google translation of Report into English     Google translation of Summary into English  Google translation of Background into English The Report’s conclusions and … Continue reading

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Rethinking the treatment of CFS – a reanalysis of the PACE trial

Research abstract: Rethinking the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome—a reanalysis and evaluation of findings from a recent major trial of graded exercise and CBT by Carolyn E. Wilshire, Tom Kindlon, Robert Courtney, Alem Matthees, David Tuller, Keith Geraghty and Bruce … Continue reading

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Rethinking the treatment of CFS – a reanalysis & evaluation of findings from a recent major trial of graded exercise and CBT

Research abstract: Rethinking the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome—A reanalysis and evaluation of findings from a recent major trial of graded exercise and CBT, by Carolyn Wilshire, Tom Kindlon, Robert Courtney, Alem Matthees, David Tuller, Keith Geraghty and Bruce Levin [Preprint … Continue reading

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BMJ Best practice guide on CFS

BMJ Best Practice Guide, updated Nov 2017: Chronic fatigue syndrome Written by Dr James N Baraniuk Reviewed by Dr Rosemary Vallings, Dr Abijhit Chaudhuri Summary: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterised by a sudden or gradual onset of persistent disabling … Continue reading

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Trial By Error: The NICE “Topic Expert” Reports (FOI)

Virology blog post, by David Tuller, 11 September 2017: Trial By Error: The NICE “Topic Expert” Reports Freedom of Information requests to NICE My first recent freedom of information request to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) … Continue reading

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Trial by Error: The Science Media Centre’s desperate efforts to defend PACE

Virology blog, by David Tuller, 2 Aug 2017: Trial by Error: The Science Media Centre’s Desperate Efforts to Defend PACE This week, the Journal of Health Psychology published a special issue containing a raft of commentaries on the PACE trial. … Continue reading

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US health agency, CDC, drops CBT/GET on website

Article excerpts: Virology blog post, by David Tuller, DrPH, 10 July 2017: Trial By Error: The CDC Drops CBT/GET Just as The Lancet has published more “evidence” for graded exercise, the CDC has moved decisively in the opposite direction. In … Continue reading

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