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http://theargusreport.com/new-clinical-case-definition-mecfs-fears-will-labeled-behavioral-health/
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http://theargusreport.com/new-clinical-case-definition-mecfs-fears-will-labeled-behavioral-health/
continue hereA new clinical case definition and diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) will be announced by the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) tomorrow, six weeks earlier than its due date, March 22. Fears are, because the National Institute of Health (NIH) insisted on including behavioral health specialists on the IOM ME/CFS committee, that the new labels and criteria will endorse a body of study that says the conditions are primarily psychological or psychiatric.
Those who have opposed the controversial health research plan since it was launched more than a year ago believe its early release is “a desperate attempt to put a lid on future opposition.”
Jeannette Burmeister (above), an attorney disabled by the disease for nearly a decade, said today that the IOM’s claim to be an objective, independent institution appeared to be “a PR stunt,” since the IOM had bowed to pressure from the NIH to include psychologists on their pane
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