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So does that mean that the patients' are at fault again?
As alex3619 said, a petition won't get the knighthood reversed, but it will send a message of, and create a record of, dissent.
So does that mean that the patients' are at fault again?
As alex3619 said, a petition won't get the knighthood reversed, but it will send a message of, and create a record of, dissent.
I think Wessely is a really loathsome human being, and is probably (in competition with some of his colleagues) the person who has done the most to make my life worse (which could indicate I'm fortunate enough to have led a relatively charmed life), but I really couldn't be less bothered by him being knighted. Sir Wessely sounds pretty good to me. It suits him.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, call on HM Government to strip Simon Wessely of his Knighthood.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions...192222419":"og.recommends"}&action_ref_map=[]
A few weeks ago there was this article mentioning Gulf War Syndrome was caused by sarin nerve gas?!
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/gulf-war-syndrome-sarin/2012/12/14/id/467798
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/09/gulf_war_syndrome_is_brain_dam.php
Robert Haley, researcher at the university of Texas conducted the study
The only way we can get out of all the mess Alex was talking about.. I think is via funding. Funding of good studies which will prove Wessely's ideas to be all wrong eg Funding of studies such as the Rituximab trials if if successful will prove our symptoms arent just in our heads.
Interesting, thanks. But just to point out that the blog (the second link) says it was published in 2011.
The petition will just provide another excuse for 'Stupid CFS patients resent researcher who has done so much to help them just because they're afraid of the stigma of mental health' stories.'
The stereotype of CFS sufferers as perfectionists with negative attitudes toward psychiatry was not supported.
Wood B, Wessely S. Personality and social attitudes in chronic fatigue syndrome J Psychosom Med 1999:47:385-397
Hindsight is 20/20. We need to move on. As someone said above maybe it's also time to move on from these type of threads. It's gotten to the point that I don't even know which thread is which as they only end up trashing Wessley.
Right. It's telling that this is actually one of the most active threads on the board. I believe we could spend our time more productively. Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness.