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ME/CFS AUSTRALIA (SA) INC
Registered Charity 698
Mailing address:
GPO Box 383,
Adelaide,
South Australia 5001
Office:
266 Port Road,
Hindmarsh,
South Australia 5007
Ph: (08) 8346 3237
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FIBROMYALGIA HELP: Contact Fibromyalgia SA at the Arthritis Foundation of SA 118 Richmond Road, Marleston 5033 Ph: (08) 8379 5711 |
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CBT and GET: what are the facts?
September 18, 2006
A new paper has been added to A CBT and GET Database, a section of Jodi Bassett’s website, A Hummingbirds Guide to M.E..
It is entitled Smoke and Mirrors: An analysis of the scientific legitimacy of the claims that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) are appropriate, safe and effective treatments for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. This fully referenced paper looks at the lack of evidence (and financial and political motivations) behind the ‘behavioural’ model of M.E. and the use of interventions such as CBT and GET, the physical effects of CBT and GET on patients with M.E., and outlines a strategy for the resolution of the confusion caused by the ‘CFS’ disease category.
This text forms the introduction to A CBT and GET Database. An excerpt:
“The only groups which gain from this ‘CFS’ confusion are insurance companies and various other organisations and corporations which have a vested financial interest in how these patients are treated, including the government. The only way forward is that: The disease category ‘CFS’ must be abandoned completely.”
You can find the paper here:
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