Peter Tatchell: stigmatisation of ME/CFS #PACEtrial campaigners similar to what he faced

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A psychiatrist, Dr. Fink, writing in the Journal of ECT (June 2014) had this to say of patient complaints;

“Complaints of persistent memory loss in otherwise well-functioning individuals after recovery from a psychiatric illness through ECT are best viewed as a conversion reaction or a somatoform disorder.”
I am not sure if people realise that Fink is citing Wesseley research as evidence that such somatisation disorders exist.

http://www.rheumatologynetwork.com/articles/camelford-hysteria-lesson-ect/page/0/1

He is referring to Wesseley's publication regarding the Camelford accident. Another possible huge biospychosocial scandal that was never made public.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...oning-evidence-dirty-water-KILLED-people.html

Basically he says that ECT memory loss is somatoform because Wesseley said Aluminum poisoning symptoms in Camelford were all in the mind. Circular reasoning at it's best.

Fink is old enough to have used Insulin Coma on patients when it was still popular. Fatality rate 5%.

If you were working in a psychiatric institution back then you would definitely kill a lot of patients using pseudoscientific crap. Some people never learn it seems. Quacks, Fraudsters or worse.
 
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But I wonder if the participants whose condition was made worse have any recourse?
Similarly, those who funded the project (ie mostly the taxpayers). Maybe one for the Taxpayers Alliance?
If the Taxpayers Alliance gave a shit about anyone apart from their wealthy donors perhaps. They'd use it as a reason to call for the abolition of the NHS.