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Well I'm off to bed. This is way past my bedtime, especially since I'd been going to bed around nine-ish for the better part of this year.
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Err does the BBC article say "a type of brain therapy".......... or am I imagining that?
yep brain therapy that involves getting you to hand your brain over to the "therapist" for washingLOL - that stood out to me too.
yep brain therapy that involves getting you to hand your brain over to the "therapist" for washing
*NEW COMMENT* Prof Alastair Sutcliffe, Professor of General Paediatrics, UCL, said:
“A recent systematic review of neurolinguistic programming (NLP) stated “There is little evidence that NLP interventions improve health-related outcomes. This conclusion reflects the limited quantity and quality of NLP research, rather than robust evidence of no effect. There is currently insufficient evidence to support the allocation of NHS resources to NLP activities outside of research purposes.” [Br J Gen Pract. 2012 Nov; 62(604): e757–e764. Published online 2012 Oct 29. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X658287, PMCID: PMC3481516]. But now we have this interesting study by Crawley, a well-conducted single blind clinical trial that suggests NLP, in combination with other therapies and described as the ‘Lightning Process’, is effective for some children with the very hard to treat condition of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
How was it blinded? Surely both participants and therapists were aware of what they were doing?
would that make any difference?I think it was that those providing SMC were not informed whether participants were in the LP group of not.
would that make any difference?
Sound like quarter blinding, maybe.I think it was that those providing SMC were not informed whether participants were in the LP group of not.
(The dog is for morale, comrades.)
the dog would be a better therapy dogs behaviour nearly always puts a smile on my face a genuine smile not one that has been forced on me by charlatans.
(The dog is for morale, comrades.)
Esther Crawley, lead study author and professor of child health at the University of Bristol, decided to research the Lightning Process after the parents of her patients asked her about it in her clinic.
"I have to say that I never expected it would work," she said.