I've now read quite a chunk of this report, and... wow, wow, wow, wow, wow... this is an exceptional project...
It's an impressive report; it's well argued, and its exceptionally well researched, and meticulously referenced. And the author creates a seamless narrative while citing a large number of sources.
It focuses especially on the corruption surrounding the biopsychosocial model, in a political, historical and academic context. And I've learned quite a lot from it. It illuminated (with a broad context) quite a number of issues that we often talk about, and I found myself saying "aha", "aha", "aha", throughout the text as I recognised behaviours and as the wider context explained much of the behaviour of the psychiatric lobby to me. I found it quite an eye opener. The wider context makes it all seem even more corrupt than I had imagined!
It raises all sorts of issues relating to: the issue of non-blind trials and subjective outcomes; the biopsychosocial model; bad research practices; false/misleading research results; withholding data; misleading media reporting, etc.; and how PACE relates to these issues. It discusses how the research evidence base for the biopsychosocial model can't be relied upon, because the research is flawed, but that the academic establishment requires it to be artificially propped up because e.g. careers rely on it. To do this, it says that patients are belittled, denigrated and targeted in a campaign to undermine them. It uses PACE as an example for all of these discussions.
And it discusses the implications of false research outcomes, for patients, social security, the welfare state, the insurance industry and privatization of welfare benefits. It implicates PACE and associated conflicts of interest. And it does so in the context of a history and paradigm of the biopsychosocial model and politics.
It mentions and references many recent events, such as the FOI tribunal and the latest sympathetic blogs that have been written about PACE.
It's very interesting and it's clearly written so it's easy to read.. but if you're not up to tackling the full report, it's worth having a quick read of the one-paragraph "About the Author" and "Acknowledgements" at the very beginning. And read the forward and summary if you're feeling more adventurous. The list of references is also interesting.
Full report:
http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/uploads/attachment/492/in-the-expectation-of-recovery.pdf
The report is introduced, here:
http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/library/type/pdfs/in-the-expectation-of-recovery.html
With a press release, here:
http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/news/misleading-mability-cuts/00270.html