Esther12
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To me it looks like the SMC has pretty tight requirements, that those whose jobs have been built upon claims about the efficacy of CBT and GET for CFS don't seem to have lived up to. I can't imagine a complaint to the SMC about this is likely to be taken very seriously though. More likely, it would be seen as evidence of harassment.
Seems like a lot of people making money from CBT/GET for CFS declared nothing when they were promoting PACE, eg:
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/e...reatments-for-chronic-fatigue-syndromeme-2-2/
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/do-the-best-treatments-for-cfs-cost-more-3/
OT: Wonder if Wessely's talk on psychological therapies for CFS to a pharmaceutical company will have done much to encourage them to invest in research?
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/e...ntidepressants-and-cbt-for-severe-depression/
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Seems like a lot of people making money from CBT/GET for CFS declared nothing when they were promoting PACE, eg:
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/e...reatments-for-chronic-fatigue-syndromeme-2-2/
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/do-the-best-treatments-for-cfs-cost-more-3/
OT: Wonder if Wessely's talk on psychological therapies for CFS to a pharmaceutical company will have done much to encourage them to invest in research?
Prof. Wessely: “I gave a non-promotional talk on psychological therapies for CFS three years ago sponsored by Jansen.”
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/e...ntidepressants-and-cbt-for-severe-depression/