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"Axford's Abode" Home Page. Lists the main contents of the web-site in categories. Includes a Guest Book for you to sign.

 

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A response to the review by Lynch and Clare (Modern Medicine of Ireland, May 1999).

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An on-line response that was sent to Annals of Internal Medicine, about the "Barsky, AJ and Borus, JF. Functional somatic syndromes".

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Answers to the most often asked questions

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Chronic Fatigue Factsheet for Medical Practitioners

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Citizens Commission on Human Rights. UK addresses of where to register a complaint against any psychiatric abuse you may of suffered.

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Clearing up some of the confusion surrounding CBT.

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Coping with emotional distress: a beginner's guide

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Depression in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue States; a re-examination of the data.

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Ellen's Column #01 - From the other side of the couch

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Ellen's Column #02 - The campaign against discrimination by British psychologists.

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Focus on prejudice in medicine". When patients are not believed - psychiatric misdiagnosis and its effects

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Guest Book comment from Dr. Dougald McLean (Psychiatrist)

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Information about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

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Information on Subgroups. Discussing the evidence that the term CFS covers a mixed population and that it is helpful to differentiate between the various subgroups.

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Letter to the Editor - Ir. J. Psych. Med. Websites are not the only media that may provide essentially misleading and potentially damaging advice on CFS.

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Letter to BMJ re: complementary review of Drs. Wessely, Hotopf and Sharpe's book "Chronic Fatigue and its Syndromes" (BMJ, 1999, 318, 133).

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List of ME articles. An index of Medical Information, Medical Issues and Help Requested, for those of us that have ME/CFS or who care for same.

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ME Book Review - Manu. P (Ed.) Functional Somatic Syndromes. Etiology, diagnosis and treatment.

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ME Book Review - Wessely, S., Hotopf, M and Sharpe, M. Chronic fatigue and its syndromes.

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ME Book Review - Showalter, E. Hystories. Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Culture.

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ME Book Review - Yehuda, S and Mostofsky, DI (eds.). Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. UK £57.81. USA and Canada: $95.40

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ME & CFS Archives. A list of publications on ME, PVFS, CFS, fatigue, chronic illness and disability, 1938-1996.

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta Quarterly - March 1998. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published. (Professional Medical Update)

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta Quarterly - June 1998. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published. (Professional Medical Update).

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta Quarterly - September 1998. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published. (Professional Medical Update).

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta Quarterly - December 1998. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published. (Professional Medical Update).

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta Quarterly - March 1999. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published. (Professional Medical Update).

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta Quarterly - June 1999. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published. (Professional Medical Update).

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta Quarterly - September 1999. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published. (Professional Medical Update).

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta Quarterly - December 1999. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published. (Professional Medical Update).

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta - 1996. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published in the quarterly ME/CFS medical updates. (Professional Medical Update).

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta - 1997. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published in the quarterly ME/CFS medical updates. (Professional Medical Update).

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ME/CFS Capita Selecta - 1998. A compilation of the most interesting abstracts published in the quarterly ME/CFS medical updates. (Professional Medical Update).

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ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) - What is it?

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ME/CFS Medical Update - May 1997. Summary of papers reporting on ME/CFS

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ME/CFS Medical Update - June 1997. Summary of papers reporting on ME/CFS

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ME/CFS Medical Update - October 1997. Summary of papers reporting on ME/CFS

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ME/CFS Medical Update - March 1998. Our critics agree with us: subgroups exist!

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ME/CFS Medical Update - June 1998. CBT: A change of emphasis

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ME/CFS Medical Update - November 1998. Summary of papers reporting on ME/CFS

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ME/CFS Medical Update - Spring 1999. Summary of papers reporting on ME/CFS

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ME/CFS Medical Update - Summer 1999. Summary of papers reporting on ME/CFS

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ME/CFS Medical Update - Autumn 1999. Summary of papers reporting on ME/CFS

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ME/CFS Medical Update - Winter 1999. Summary of papers reporting on ME/CFS

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"ME/CFS Research - New Research on ME/CFS. A personal assessment of the PhD thesis by Dr. Vercoulen"; - by Dr. Ellen Goudsmit.

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M.E. Organisations where you can get help and advice.

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More nails in the coffin. Research by the proponents of the CBT theory provide further evidence of its inadequacy.

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Perceptions: an essay by Sheryl Jefferies. Observations of a healthy person in a CFIDS world.

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Pride or Prejudice? An analysis of the conflict surrounding ME.

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Review suggesting that CFS may be a variant of somatisation disorder, where "benign symptoms and self-limited conditions" are amplified and reattributed to external factors (viruses, toxins etc.).

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Some Facts About M.E./PVFS/CFS based on research.

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The Daily Mail article on ME and the House of Commons Report.

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The Scandal Surrounding ME. This article should be read by everyone that has an interest in ME/CFS, either as a sufferer or carer.

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Summary of the CBT explanation of CFS
 

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