"In Australia, the #RACGP continues to recommend that GPs prescribe #GET and #CBT for ME. Fatigue clinics continue to operate, risking continued harm to ME patients and people with other post-viral illnesses, including #LongCovid" #mecfs tinyurl.com/4x2eshha
"What I didn’t know at the time, was that ME patients were fighting to interrogate the notion that #GET and #CBT – were effective.
"It turns out, a group of psychiatrists in the UK had altered the evidence in the major scientific study advocating the use of GET and CBT for ME, changing the thresholds for what counted as recovery."
"David Tuller, a lecturer in public health at the University of California Berkeley, said the study was “not science”.
"Psychology academic Carolyn Wilshire said,“Claims were made regarding the benefits of these therapies that went well beyond what can be justified by the data.”
"Psychology academic Carolyn Wilshire said,“Claims were made regarding the benefits of these therapies that went well beyond what can be justified by the data.”
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