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The main document about this is being translated into English at the moment, but in the meantime we must make do with this.
This whips the mat from under Dr Crawley's feet as she is always quoting the Dutch papers to support her approach.
https://www.medischcontact.nl/opinie/blogs-columns/blog/mecvs-advies-a-brand-new-day.htm
More information coming later.
This whips the mat from under Dr Crawley's feet as she is always quoting the Dutch papers to support her approach.
https://www.medischcontact.nl/opinie/blogs-columns/blog/mecvs-advies-a-brand-new-day.htm
What was the twist about again? The controversy is - in a nutshell - over this increasingly sleetser theoretical model: the signs and symptoms of ME / CFS are maintained by false beliefs ( false beliefs illness ) and a lack of activity or fear of movement.
The treatment methods CGT ('talk') and GET ('move') are based on that model and are advertised as treatment of first choice. Put flat: we can not find anything, so it will be between the ears and that is what you need to do something about. Because this thinking model has been dominant in the research world for decades, the search for possible somatic causes is seriously frustrated.
The Health Council has found no evidence for the sustainability of this model. This is the main message: 'ME / CFS is a serious chronic disease that substantially limits the functioning and quality of life of people who suffer from it.'
More information coming later.