I wanted to start today by quoting a few things from the BMJ rapid responses, but instead I came across a new, and very interesting response, and this one needs to be made available to the rest of the world right NOW.
In Holland, the land of the second CBT KINGDOM, two psychiatrists have dared to come forward with a different idea.
In April, when the DUTCH CBT KINGDOM published in the Journal of PSYCHOSOMATICS, that 69% of ME patients were cured with CBT, two psychiatrists, who lived a long way from that KINGDOM (a two hour drive, according to Mr ViaMichelin, see picture, with Amsterdam in the big word on the left; first two letters are missing I'm afraid), published an article in the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry.
BIOLOGICAL Psychiatry, means that a psychiatric problem has a physical cause.
And I must say, first of all the GOBSART Institute of Excellence should have known this. They didn’t because their CBT friends don’t want anybody to know these sort of things, so the GOBSART Institute of Excellence either wasn’t told or more likely, just like they forgot to mention, that ME is a NEUROLOGICAL disease, according to the WHO and its classification, (International Classification of Diseases code: ICD-10:G93.3), they didn’t want doctors and the general public to find out/know about this article.
And if we, as ME patients, would mention that CBT doesn’t work, the whole KINGDOM starts laughing and drumming their CBT drums so loud, that no other voices, would, or could, be heard.
Dr Vinicius, a Dutch GP, wrote a rapid response, and hopefully the GOBSART Institute of Excellence will NOW have to take note. What did these two Dutch psychiatrists write:
"The psychiatric and psychosocial hypothesis DENIES the existence of CFS as a disease entity." Which is something that has been painfully clear to patients, who had the misfortune to land in the hands of these so called experts.
"In CFS cognitive behavioural therapy is most commonly used. This therapy, however, appears to be INEFFECTIVE in many patients. The suggested causes of CFS and the divergent reactions to therapy may be explained by the LACK of recognition of subgroups. IDENTIFICATION of subtypes may lead to MORE EFFECTIVE therapeutic interventions."
Dr Vinicius, a Dutch GP, wrote a rapid response, and hopefully the GOBSART Institute of Excellence will NOW have to take note. What did these two Dutch psychiatrists write:
"The psychiatric and psychosocial hypothesis DENIES the existence of CFS as a disease entity." Which is something that has been painfully clear to patients, who had the misfortune to land in the hands of these so called experts.
"In CFS cognitive behavioural therapy is most commonly used. This therapy, however, appears to be INEFFECTIVE in many patients. The suggested causes of CFS and the divergent reactions to therapy may be explained by the LACK of recognition of subgroups. IDENTIFICATION of subtypes may lead to MORE EFFECTIVE therapeutic interventions."
Again, thank you psychiatrists from Groningen, and thank you Dr Vinicius, for writing this, so everybody can take note. Much appreciated.
Well the big question obviously is, will they???
Well the big question obviously is, will they???
What did Dr Vinicius write about this:
“I would think that the best way forward, would be a radical revision of the NICE ME guidelines, and to do what the Canadians did, and what these psychiatrists have now advised to do as well. Separate ME from other illnesses with fatigue, so you can offer those others proper treatment, and you can start looking for a cause and hopefully a cure for ME.”
You can read the RAPID RESPONSE in the BMJ here, or the
EXTRACT of the article, that CBT does NOT work here.
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