JaimeS
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Very surprised this isn't anywhere on the forums. It's a strange little piece, from 2007.
Extended network learning error: A new way of conceptualising chronic fatigue syndrome
Michael E. Hyland a a Department of Psychology , University of Plymouth , UK Published online: 19 Dec 2007.
Thc cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is controversiaI: psychological. hypothalamic and immune mechanisms have been proposed as well as the possibility of some form of interaction between these mechanisms. Patients' own conceptual models vary and sometimes adversely affect self-management. This paper suggests an interactional way of conceptualising CFS using developments in complexity theory (networks, parallel processing or connectionism). I propose that the neurological, immune and endocrine systems are part of a single, self-regulatory, extended brain-body network. Furthermore, that CFS is caused by self-organisational change in this extended network created by normally adaptive error-sensitive learning rules that malfunction when physiological and psychological challenges coincide. This psychoneuroimmunoendocrinological model shows how previously proposed mechanisms could interact to cause CFS, explains the heterogeneity of the presentation of the disease, and provides a conceptual model that may be acceptable to patients but is, also consistent with effective self-management .
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Reads like proto-BPS. This is probably what the BPS model of CFS was before it was boiled down to its essence.
You can access the article here after jumping through a few hoops: http://docslide.net/download/link/e...-a-new-way-of-conceptualising-chronic-fatigue
Extended network learning error: A new way of conceptualising chronic fatigue syndrome
Michael E. Hyland a a Department of Psychology , University of Plymouth , UK Published online: 19 Dec 2007.
Thc cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is controversiaI: psychological. hypothalamic and immune mechanisms have been proposed as well as the possibility of some form of interaction between these mechanisms. Patients' own conceptual models vary and sometimes adversely affect self-management. This paper suggests an interactional way of conceptualising CFS using developments in complexity theory (networks, parallel processing or connectionism). I propose that the neurological, immune and endocrine systems are part of a single, self-regulatory, extended brain-body network. Furthermore, that CFS is caused by self-organisational change in this extended network created by normally adaptive error-sensitive learning rules that malfunction when physiological and psychological challenges coincide. This psychoneuroimmunoendocrinological model shows how previously proposed mechanisms could interact to cause CFS, explains the heterogeneity of the presentation of the disease, and provides a conceptual model that may be acceptable to patients but is, also consistent with effective self-management .
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Reads like proto-BPS. This is probably what the BPS model of CFS was before it was boiled down to its essence.
You can access the article here after jumping through a few hoops: http://docslide.net/download/link/e...-a-new-way-of-conceptualising-chronic-fatigue
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