UK, Letter in reply to, I adore CBT (Letters, BMJ.com, 18 February 2010)

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Title: I adore CBT, Letters, BMJ.com, 18 February 2010

Contains: In the wake of Lynn Gilderdale's death, one would have expected an

editorial in the BMJ to acknowledge the devastating effects of severe ME,

and try to lead the way forward to find proper treatment and hopefully a

cure ... The basis of CBT for ME/CFS is fantastic. First, you blame the

patient for his illness and then, when CBT doesn't cure him, you blame him

for not being motivated ... According to the three psychiatrists, CBT and

GET are super treatments for ME ... You might still think that ME doesn't

exist, or, that it is all in the mind, and continue to be incredibly hostile

to your ME patients. However, you might be next and become an ME patient as

well, just like myself and many others. And I can assure you, you will be in

for a big shock ... So hip hip hooray for CBT, because who needs proper

treatment for a severe and very disabling illness anyway? --- Competing

interests: I am a doctor with ME who simply adores CBT.

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