Letter, Re: Protesters have got it all wrong on ME (Daily Telegraph, 29 August 2011)

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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 H Greensmith

ME Community Trust.org