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  1. Keith Laws

    Distress signals: Does cognitive behavioural therapy reduce or increase distress in chronic fatigue

    NICE have repeatedly over-stretched, misrepresented, assumed and 'invented' evidence.... when it comes to the efficacy of CBT in various disorders https://www.theguardian.com/science/sifting-the-evidence/2016/feb/05/nice-guidelines-for-psychological-therapy-cbt-overstepping-evidence and...
  2. Keith Laws

    Distress signals: Does cognitive behavioural therapy reduce or increase distress in chronic fatigue

    Yes, apologies - that has turned out unclear - I meant it to indicate that the Cochrane meta-analysis covered the same studies that underpin NICE CG53 (viz the York systematic review by Chambers et al 2006). Chambers et al did not look at 'distress' in CBT; the only other meta-analysis around...
  3. Keith Laws

    CBT for bipolar: Keith Laws challenges NICE and inadequate meta-analyses

    Thanks. I would also very much like to see a 'response' ... If interested, next Wednesday, we have a 'Mental Elf' live webinar debate with various experts on the NICE bipolar guide http://www.nationalelfservice.net/campfire/psychotherapies-for-bipolar-disorder/ ...And I agree, it would almost...
  4. Keith Laws

    Coyne - What it takes for Queen Mary to declare a request for scientific data “vexatious”

    'Science' sometimes operates like two boxers standing toe-to-toe and slugging it out .... everybody gets injured, everyone gets tired and only occasionally is a knockout blow landed. Such bouts inevitably attract an audience and to some extent, to gain ascendancy you must convince them (not your...