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Comment on: CBT could be treatment option for chronic fatigue
M.E./CFS is not a mental condition, it is a neurological illness & CBT has been repeatedly found by patient group surveys to worsen the already debilitating symptoms.There is overwhelming research evidence proving it is a physical illness. 80% of sufferers never recover, & some live their lives in darkened rooms unable to speak or swallow. It is time that the nursing profession stopped colluding with the powerful psychiatric lobby that have redefined M.E. as a somatisation disorder to their own personal gain. This redefinition makes sufferers already difficult lives impossible. It is not acceptable enough in 2008 for the nursing profession to 'just follow orders' in the treatment of M.E. patients as if they have a mental illness. WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (W.H.O.) DEFINITION OF M.E. ME/CFS is an acquired organic, pathophysiological, multi-systemic illness that occurs in both sporadic and epidemic forms. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ICD 10 G93.3), which includes CFS, is classified as a neurological disease in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Chronic fatigue must not be confused with ME/CFS because the "fatigue" of ME/CFS represents pathophysiological exhaustion and is only one of many symptoms. Compelling research evidence of physiological and biochemical abnormalities identifies ME/CFS as a distinct, biological clinical disorder.
