Esther Crawley's views on ME
"Crawley said she does not consider CFS a psychological illness. If it were, she said, more young patients would be expected to develop low mood or anxiety. But that does not mean psychological therapy will not help, she said."
https://www.theguardian.com/society...-syndrome-treatment-trial-success-netherlands
The approach regularly receives criticism from some activists who argue it treats chronic fatigue syndrome as a disease of the mind.
Prof Crawley said: "A teenager might say, 'You are just trying to change my sleep', but do you know how much biology you actually change?
"Children who come to my clinic have low cortisol [stress hormone] levels in the morning, that is why they feel so terrible; by changing their sleep, we reverse that.
"The stuff we are doing is not a pill, but it might as well be."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37822068
Professor Crawley said: “There is plenty of evidence now to say this is a real illness. But just because this is not a psychological illness, that does not mean psychological therapy cannot help - that is true throughout medicine."
https://
www.scotsman.com/news/new-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-treatment-trialled-1-4273699
(Behind pay wall so not read)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...s-hope-for-chronic-fatigue-children-wgj958xz8