Dr David Tuller: BMJ’s “Commissioned” Propaganda Piece Hijacked Death of Maeve Boothby O’Neill; Boothby O’Neill’s Mum Responds

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Trial By Error: BMJ’s “Commissioned” Propaganda Piece Hijacked Death of Maeve Boothby O’Neill; Boothby O’Neill’s Mum Responds​

1 Comment / By David Tuller / 23 July 2025

By David Tuller, DrPH

Under the editorial leadership of Kamran Abbasi, The BMJ and other journals in BMJ Group have become, at times, mouthpieces for members of the biopsychosocial ideological brigades. That hasn’t been surprising, given his actions during his previous tenure as editor of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Under his stewardship, the journal published a piece of crap co-authored by Professor Sir Simon Wessely, a former president of the royal society, and his King’s College London’s colleague Trudie Chalder, the factually and mathematically challenged professor cognitive behavior therapy and one of the lead PACE authors. The 2020 article, Cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: outcomes from a specialist clinic in the UK, made causal statements even as it declared that its single-cohort study design did not allow for making causal statements.

When my friend and colleague Brian Hughes, a psychology professor at the University of Galway, and I pointed this out and presented other irrefutable evidence of error, Abbasi declined to take action to correct the public record. We published our critique as a separate article in the Journal of Health Psychology.

Since Abbasi’s ascent as editor in chief of The BMJ, BMJ journals have published some egregious work on ME/CFS and Long COVID. (Not that they were good before.) Most recently, in May, The BMJ, the flagship journal, published what I called “a commissioned propaganda piece” from die-hard biopsychosocial-ists. The commentary, which is called “Patients with severe ME/CFS need hope and expert multidisciplinary care,” touted so-called multi-disciplinary treatment approaches that have no legitimate evidence of effectiveness.

 

[bad1080]

one of the lead PACE authors

would be better to call it what it is
"one of the lead authors of the now debunked PACE study"

 

[BrightCandle]

The lying about Maeve's death was one of the more awful things in that BMJ article. As their ideology is rejected by more and more healthcare staff they are getting increasing unpleasant.

 

[linusbert]

i dont have words, besides disgustingly sad and a disgrace.

 

[hapl808]

When people say, "I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy," I always think they must be much nicer than I, or their enemies aren't as despicable.

I would absolutely wish this disease in its most severe state on every one of those people.

 

[southwestforests]

Said it before and I'll say it again, at this point on the calendar, as far as I'm concerned, psychiatry and psychology have become a greater existential threat to humanity than climate change.

 

[southwestforests]

I would absolutely wish this disease in its most severe state on every one of those people.

I claim to be a Christian and we are not supposed to wish for retaliation and revenge ... but ...

 

[linusbert]

I claim to be a Christian and we are not supposed to wish for retaliation and revenge ... but ...

i didnt want to say anything in that regard, but my prayer was that God should give those people realization and understanding of what they actually did, and gain wisdom to recognize reality. recognize their mistakes and damage and insult they did do, feel remorse and act accordingly - and of course justice and change in the system.
usually the folks most engaged in one thing/thinking had previously the exact opposite stance in regards of that.
i am hopeing of one big correction like "we have been wrong all along..."

 

[southwestforests]

recognize their mistakes and damage and insult they did do, feel remorse and act accordingly - and of course justice and change in the system.

That coming to pass would be a most welcome wonder.