
Government advisor calls for more biopsychosocial research into ‘ME/CFS’
by Sasha Nimmo Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), including Prof Andrew Lloyd, published a review stating
by Sasha Nimmo Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), including Prof Andrew Lloyd, published a review stating
By Sasha Nimmo Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) appointed group of medical professionals and people representing people
UNSW deny Prof Lloyd’s CBT/GET trial causes harm to participants and refuses to stop the trial or amend it in any way. The university says the people who are protesting ‘harbour resentment against the notion that CFS may have psychological causes’, plus continues to defend the PACE trial.
The Australian federal government is spending the ME and CFS research budget on training medical professionals to use cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy on patients in Australia and internationally, despite the fact these therapies show no benefit and may do harm.
by Sasha Nimmo Australia’s University of NSW’s Psychiatry Department tested a graded activity program on 25 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome,
by Sasha Nimmo Most of the $2.4 million in research the government says is for ME or CFS is spent
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