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By David Tuller, DrPH Professor Trudie Chalder is a lead investigator of a series of studies of rehabilitative interventions for so-called “medically unexplained symptoms” that have failed to meet expectations but have nevertheless been promoted as demonstrating treatment success. The piece of crap known as the PACE trial is a prime example. Most famously, Professor …

Trial By Error: Disinformation About Treatments for Post-Covid Syndrome Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH On Thursday, Professors Vincent Racaniello and Mady Hornig, both from Columbia University, wrote to BMJ’s research integrity coordinator. I have been corresponding with BMJ, and specifically the research integrity coordinator, about the Norwegian study of cognitive behavior therapy combined with music therapy as a treatment for chronic fatigue in adolescents after …

Trial By Error: Columbia Experts Urge BMJ to Retract Problem-Plagued Study Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH I have recently written critically about the CODES trial of cognitive behavior therapy as a treatment for the phenomena that have long been called “psychogenic non-epileptic seizures” but that some neurologists and psychologists are trying to rebrand as “dissociative seizures.” (Many people understandably find it offensive to be told they have …

Trial By Error: No Evidence for CBT and Other “Conversion Disorder” Therapies Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH Note: The DecodeME team held a Facebook Q-and-A this week. If you want more information about the study, you can watch the video here. Two major UK government funding agencies recently announced grants totalling £3.2 million to support a major genetics study of ME. Whatever the long-term findings of DecodeME, spearheaded …

Trial By Error: Excellent News Coverage of UK Genetics Study in The Times Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH I have written two more letters and have posted them below. The first letter is a nudge to BMJ’s research integrity department, which missed a deadline this week for providing me with an update on the status of that music therapy study from Norway. You know, the one that started off …

Trial By Error: Nudge for BMJ About Music Therapy; Letter to “Health Anxiety” Expert Read More »