Sharpe and Wessely - their model that ME/CFS is reversable via effort shows up how weak it is, plus it stigmatises patients (must do better)
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WTF is 'patient's own illness model'??? I didn't have an illness model, but dx from cons neurologist, whom Wessely has actually referenced:
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If only their hypothesis was true - what a wonderful world it would be !
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Sharpe admitted had no theoretical bases and was purely pragmatic approach #secretfilesME #MEquotablequotes
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2005, in a book entitled Somatoform Disorders (Volume 9), edited by Mario Maj et al - Wessely and Sharpe wrote Chapter 5.
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My illness model since 1993: I have an awful & disabling disease I need medical help There isn't any I'm angry & depressed 4 being abandoned
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That pretty much covers it. Add in a extra ten years for me.
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Maybe they do as confusion is a good smoke screen an illusion to hide the truth
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