…ME/CFS. Reading that paragraph, healthcare providers without pre-existing biases or dysfunctional cognitions about ME/CFS should be able to grasp that this is serious biological illness, and that it can trigger…
…factual inaccuracies about factors that (a) predispose a person to developing ME/CFS and (b) perpetuate ME/CFS. I refer, in particular, to the following paragraph: “Exploring the emotional component is integral,…
…steadfast supporter of people with ME/CFS. When neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan, a champion of psychosomatic explanations for unexplained symptoms, published her first book in 2015—“It’s All in Your Head: True Stories…
…that contribute to CFS.” Of course, experts outside the CBT/GET/PACE bubble understand that ME/CFS is a physiological disease and that faulty “cognitive processes” have nothing to do with perpetuating or…
…had CFS. At that time, a lot of physicians didn’t believe CFS existed, so putting physicians as gatekeepers in the selection of patients for this study resulted in a prevalence…
…which is also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, CFS/ME, and ME/CFS–the latter being the name used most often these days by US government agencies. In particular, Kelland highlights a seminal study…
