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UK rebranding of ME as PPS/MUS to be treated with GET/CBT

Countrygirl

Countrygirl

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More evidence of the potential harm imposed on patients by gullible doctors who are addicted to the alledged fraudulent PACE trial

http://www.lambethccg.nhs.uk/Practi.../Pages/default/3 MUS Lambeth PLT 09 03 17.pdf


This disturbing document from page 30 onwards describes how ME is rebranded as PPS, which, apparently ,the patients prefer.

GET/CBT is the treatment of choice which amazingly is claimed to be effective :rolleyes: and then this is followed by comments from very grateful patients.
 
Deepwater

Deepwater

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OMG. . . . :nervous:
I see the twit who wrote it has a twitter account. Has anyone tried to engage with him about this?
P.S. I don't have a twitter account - twitter believes I am a robot and won't let me have one.
 
Seven7

Seven7

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The only way we will get out of where we are is rebranding, we should hire an experienced person to do all the needed publicity, name damage control....
 
Deepwater

Deepwater

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Countrygirl said:
You can write a review of him and his unscientific faulty illness beliefs here: https://www.iwantgreatcare.org/doctors/mr-mujtaba-husain
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Will do that. I've been in too much of a brain-mushed crash for the last couple of weeks, but have been a bit better today so hopefully will be able to come up with something over the weekend.
But I do agree with @Inester7 - we have to fight them on their own terms. We need our own sciency-sounding body to make statements and produce professional leaflets and press releases about the real science.

I wonder if the drive for NHS acceptance of MUS is coming from the good old health insurance industry again. They've certainly been using it themselves for a while as I know a psychologist who earning his keep diagnosing it for them. I guess they would need the endorsement of the general medical community in order to make the diagnosis stick.
 
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