{"id":1589,"date":"2012-09-28T09:04:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T09:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2012-09-28T09:07:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T09:07:47","slug":"mecfs-primer-for-clinical-practitioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/mecfs-primer-for-clinical-practitioners\/","title":{"rendered":"ME\/CFS Primer for clinical practitioners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"IACFS\/ME\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iacfsme.org\" target=\"_blank\">The International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome\/ME<\/a> (IACFS\/ME) has published a Primer for clinical practitioners. It is available as a PDF file and is free to download, though donations are invited. A 42 page spiral bound print booklet can be purchased for $15 from the <a title=\"Book Patch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookpatch.com\/BookStoreDetails.aspx?BookID=10826&amp;ID=3d4b3a32-e1b8-479e-b6cd-35c38254f776\" target=\"_blank\">BookPatch website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ME\/CFS Primer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iacfsme.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ME\/CFS: a Primer for Clinical Practitioners<\/a> has been developed by an international team of practitioners led by Dr Fred Friedberg.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the Primer include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A summary of the pathophysiological effects of ME\/CFS to date<\/li>\n<li>A user-friendly diagnostic worksheet utilizing the Canadian Consensus Criteria<\/li>\n<li>Straightforward treatment suggestions covering an array of ME\/CFS symptoms<\/li>\n<li>Emphasis on post-exertional malaise and activity management<\/li>\n<li>Sections on special populations\/ problems (e.g. severely affected, pediatric ME\/CFS, pregnancy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome\/ME (IACFS\/ME) has published a Primer for clinical practitioners. It is available as a PDF file and is free to download, though donations are invited. A 42 page spiral bound print booklet can be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/mecfs-primer-for-clinical-practitioners\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[214,215,216],"class_list":["post-1589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-fred-friedberg","tag-iacfsme","tag-mecfs-primer-for-clinical-practitioners"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-pD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1589"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1593,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions\/1593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}