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2006: Heim Christine; Wagner Dieter; Maloney Elizabeth; Papanicolaou Dimitris A; Solomon Laura; Jones James F; Unger Elizabeth R; Reeves William C
Early adverse experience and risk for chronic fatigue syndrome: results from a population-based study.
Archives of general psychiatry 2006;63(11):1258-66.
Exposure to childhood trauma was associated with a 3- to 8-fold increased risk for CFS across different trauma types. There was a graded relationship between the degree of trauma exposure and CFS risk. Childhood trauma was associated with greater CFS symptom severity and with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder. The risk for CFS conveyed by childhood trauma increased with the presence of concurrent psychopathology.
Well, that's not good.
This man has - from what I can tell - most likely been booted out after the CDC saw the preliminary results of their XMRV trial which according to Judy M is producing some great figures.
anne wrote: Under actually has the spot Dr. Vernon had in some of those, which may have just been very minor.
Frankly, I'd be surprised if any real scientist is willing to take this politically charged job. People like Dan Peterson might be happy to take it, but then we'll be here exactly where we are 25 years from now, MRIing and LPing CFSers looking for nonexisting brain retrovirus.Realistically we can't effectively lobby the CDC about who to choose as a permanent replacement. But we can effectively lobby researchers to submit their resumes. .
:tear:They're dumping him on Valentine's day, a day of love. Perhaps we could get rid of Wessely on bonfire night ?
Dr. Unger is Team Leader, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Program in this branch. She is has been involved with research on HPV, HIV, cancer and CFS, most of which has focused on her expertise in laboratory methods and training as a pathologist, as is reflected in the article linked below.