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Research: Causal attributions & perceived stigma for ME/CFS

Causal attributions and perceived stigma for myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, by Laura Froehlich, Daniel BR Hattesohl, Joseph Cotler,  Leonard A Jason , Carmen Scheibenbogen, Uta Behrends in Journal of Health Psychology, July 9 2021 [doi.org/10.1177/13591053211027631]   Research abstract: Myalgic … Continue reading

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Sick of the sick role: narratives of what ‘recovery’ means to people with CFS/ME

Sick of the sick role: narratives of what “Recovery” means to people with CFS/ME, by Anna Cheshire, Damien Ridge, Lucy V Clark, Peter D White in Qualitative Health Research Vol 31, Issue 2, 2021 [doi.org/10.1177/1049732320969395]   Research abstract: Little is … Continue reading

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The lonely, isolating & alienating implications of ME/CFS

The lonely, isolating, and alienating implications of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Samir Boulazreg and Ami Rokach in Healthcare 2020, 8(4), 413; [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040413]   Review abstract: This article provides a narrative review on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) through … Continue reading

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Legitimizing ME/CFS: indications of change over a decade (US)

Legitimizing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: indications of change over a decade, by Fred Friedberg in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, February 5, 2020   Research abstract: This commentary identifies recent scientific and clinical milestones that appear to have increased legitimization … Continue reading

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How psychiatric referrals influence stigmatization in patients with ME & CFS

How psychiatric referrals influence stigmatization in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome: an examination of American and British models, by Julia Terman, Joseph Cotler, Leonard A Jason in Community Psychology in Global Perspective Vol 5, #2, pp 19–29 … Continue reading

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FM, CFS & MCS: illness experiences

Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Illness Experiences, by Almudena Alameda Cuesta, Álvaro Pazos Garciandía, Cristina Oter Quintana in Clinical Nursing Research [First Published March 27, 2019] https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773819838679 Research abstract: Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, and multiple chemical … Continue reading

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Stigma in ME & its association with functioning

Research abstract: Stigma in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and its association with functioning, by Don M. Baken, Shane T. Harvey, David L. Bimler & Kirsty J. Ross in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior Volume 6, 2018 – Issue 1 Background: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic … Continue reading

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