XMRV, NF-KB, and cortisol (Re: The spin by other doctors continue).

November 8, 2009

Hi - I quoted the study of CBT and CFS, because I'm assuming that CBT doesn't

work with cases of CFS that have a physiological cause. (Or, at least it

doesn't work with the worst cases.) Therefore, people resistant to CBT therapy

will have " real " CFS. The study showed that those that were resistant, had low

cortisol levels. Thus, according to this logic, CFS is coorelated with lower

cortisol levels.

Note that CBT is not really that much different compared to Gupta's amygdala

training. I.e., see below for a couple of articles regarding the ability of CBT

to reduce amygdala activation. So if people believe in Gupta's treatment for

CFS, I would think that they should also consider CBT.

" During an acute depressive episode, sad facial processing was associated with

excessive amygdala activity. Increased amygdala activity is a well-reported

feature of unipolar depression and may be related to depression severity. " " With

the present task, we observed normalization of amygdala-hippocampal activity

following CBT. "

- Mark

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> Yes, but you're talking about a response to CBT -- psychotherapy. So why does

it necessarily mean anything?

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