Helmfrid & Edsberg: "Malmquist Paints an Ideological Picture of ME/CFS"

[mango]

Sten Helmfrid (senior lecturer/associate professor in physics) and Johan Edsberg (medical doctor) recently published a couple of articles on ME/CFS in the Swedish Medical journal Läkartidningen. They criticise a book chapter on ME/CFS with a strong biopsychosocial bias.

Jörgen Malmquist paints an ideological picture of ME/CFS in his new book on controversies in medicine. We point out some factual errors in his text, discuss the many flaws in published behavioural interventions, and discuss the shortcomings of the biopsychosocial understanding of ME/CFS.

The articles have already been mentioned in another thread, but I think this definitely deserves its own thread

The main article has now been translated to English, and is available on ResearchGate.

Helmfrid & Edsberg: "Malmquist Paints an Ideological Picture of ME/CFS"
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317689668_Malmquist_Paints_an_Ideological_Picture_of_MECFS

Below are links to all the articles in Läkartidningen (make sure to read the comments sections too!):

Helmfrid & Edsberg: Färgad bild av ME/CFS
http://lakartidningen.se/Opinion/Debatt/2017/06/Fargad-bild-av-MECFS/

Google translate, English ("Biased presentation of ME/CFS")

Malmquist: Jag fäster stor vikt vid bekräftade biomedicinska fynd
http://lakartidningen.se/Opinion/De...-stor-vikt-vid-bekraftade-biomedicinska-fynd/

Google translate, English ("I attach great importance to confirmed biomedical findings")

Helmfrid & Edsberg: Experter betonar en biomedicinsk grund för ME/CFS
http://www.lakartidningen.se/Opinio...ter-betonar-en-biomedicinsk-grund-for-MECFS-/

Google translate, English ("Experts emphasize biomedical basis of ME/CFS")

 

[Grigor]

Does anyone know their relation to ME
? Great stuff though.

 

[Helen]

@Grigor , there has been no secret that Sten Helmfrid is diagnosed with ME/CFS himself. I don´t know about Edsberg, but both are members of the Swedish organization for ME-patients, RME.se, and are doing a great job.

 

[Grigor]

Thank you. Their work is great indeed.