This is on mental disorders so not that relevant to ME/CFS.
But perhaps it might be of interest to the odd person.
It does raise some interesting points about what gets to be seen as evidence-based.
For example, if there are more trials of a therapy, the evidence can look stronger for it than for therapies that have been tested less.
Also the issue of research allegiance where researchers publish research on therapies that are interested in and how therapies do in trials is linked to the allegiances of the investigators.
So nothing particularly new for a lot of people.
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2654783
But perhaps it might be of interest to the odd person.
It does raise some interesting points about what gets to be seen as evidence-based.
For example, if there are more trials of a therapy, the evidence can look stronger for it than for therapies that have been tested less.
Also the issue of research allegiance where researchers publish research on therapies that are interested in and how therapies do in trials is linked to the allegiances of the investigators.
So nothing particularly new for a lot of people.
Viewpoint
September 21, 2017
Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy the Gold Standard for Psychotherapy?The Need for Plurality in Treatment and Research
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2654783