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That's odd - I thought SW denied he was researching ME after all the kerfuffle broke out (must try to find).
Enid,
On 20 September 2001, the Guardian published an article by Health Editor, Sarah Boseley, quoting Professor Wessely, called:
Storm brews over ‘all in mind’ theory of ME
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,554693,00.html
In this exceedingly emotive piece of journalism, Ms Boseley reported:
“Prof Wessely has quit the field – and is not the only professional to have ceased involvement with CFS.”
See also:
A very modern epidemic, Guardian, 27 September 2001:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/medicalscience/story/0,,559001,00.html
In November 2006, the Group on Scientific Research into ME (the unofficial "Gibson Report") reported:
“[...] Wessely gave up the [CFS] research side of his work…”
[Source: Report of the GSRME: Page 19, Section 3.2 Other Evidence We Received: Prof Simon Wessely]
In September 2007, Dr Ian Gibson was requested to provide a reference source for this statement but was unable to do so.
At the end of this post on my ME Agenda site is a list of CFS papers published since 2002 with Prof Wessely's name included in the authors. As you'll be aware, there have been a number of other papers since 2008, when this ME agenda post was first published:
http://wp.me/p5foE-6y
Suzy Chapman