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Bias, misleading information and lack of respect for alternative views have distorted perceptions of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and its treatment

long read with some worthwhile nuggets challenging an establishment dogma

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Such bias is not confined within a psych perception it is the establishment position passed on by the NHS, news media and DWP all complicit in belittling patients level of suffering /disability.

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CheshireKatz

The PACE trial principal investigator has just taken early retirement one can only speculate about the chance of accountability / malfeasance affecting such a decision.

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Backlash from advising DWP with psychosocial theories that have culled swathes of disabled claimants in the name of cost cutting.

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