A Chinese Perspective on SEID

[Never Give Up]

English Chinese News Service has an article on ME/CFS, they are using the name SEID. It starts out fairly well, but, moves into an estimated prevalence rate of 10-25% in 10 Chinese cities, and ends with psychogenic ideas, CBT, and GET. All the same, they are talking about it respectfully, acknowledging it being a major problem in China, and bringing it to the attention of their readers.

http://www.ecns.cn/2015/02-25/155683.shtml

 

[taniaaust1]

I guess that shows that the name change wont remove the CBT and GET beliefs.. sighs.. now 10-25% of people in cities have SEID. I think the ONLY way they will get rid of the psych beliefs attached to ME/CFS would be have actual testable abnormalities in the diagnostic critera so to turn it into a real disease...

 

[alex3619]

A name change was never likely to reverse psychobabble. The definition will fail unless its accompanied by a massive education program. To be fair though this is a journalist's viewpoint, and seems to conflate chronic fatigue with SEID.

 

[adreno]

Just goes to show that they didn't read the report, which specifically disrecommends CBT/GET.

 

[Never Give Up]

@adreno, your photo and caption made me laugh out loud, and then sort of cry. I don't know if you are an artist, the originator of this piece, but now would be the perfect time for an article displaying an artist's depiction of life with ME/CFS!

 

[adreno]

@adreno, your photo and caption made me laugh out loud, and then sort of cry. I don't know if you are an artist, the originator of this piece, but now would be the perfect time for an article displaying an artist's depiction of life with ME/CFS!

No, I shamelessly stole it from a blog somewhere. Though I'm neither female, nor use a wheelchair, I think it illustrates pretty well the feeling of having ME/CFS.

 

[Snow Leopard]

10-25%? Is this a bad translation from a tenth of that?