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For some balance to Professor Simon Wessely's views, Dr Max Pemberton,
(Protesters have got it all wrong on ME, Daily Telegraph, 29 August
2011) might enquire and report in a follow up article, whether there are
any psychiatrists who do not think that M.E. (and I mean Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis, not Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) is a mental illness
that should be treated by them - and who would be prepared to say so
publicly, without feeling they were rocking the profession's boat too much?
It would be instructive to discover how many people with M.E. (separated
out of the CFS bundle of illnesses) have been referred to psychiatrists
and returned to the care of their GPs with a note saying this was not a
case for their speciality, without having had any treatment at all and
also, of those who did have the treatments that Professor Wessely
recommends, what percentage have not recovered at all, or were worse
after it.
Will Max investigate some other views, or just settle for Professor
Wessely's say-so?
Yours sincerely
Dr John H Greensmith
ME Community Trust.org
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