Trial By Error: Mayo Clinic Treatment Plan Cites “ Deconditioning, ” “ Perfectionism, ” and CBT
By David Tuller, DrPH The renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has a poor record when it comes to ME/CFS. It has a history of pushing the graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) approach outlined in the now-discredited PACE trial. These interventions were based on the notion that the symptoms were perpetuated […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - December 20, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Mayo Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Mayo Clinic Treatment Plan Cites Deconditioning, Perfectionism, and CBT
By David Tuller, DrPH The renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has a poor record when it comes to ME/CFS. It has a history of pushing the graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) approach outlined in the now-discredited PACE trial. These interventions were based on the notion that the symptoms were perpetuated […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - December 20, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: David Tuller ME/CFS Mayo Source Type: blogs
Pear Therapeutics raises $175M and goes public via SPAC deal raising the profile of prescription digital therapeutics
Digital health firm Pear goes public, raising $175 million (pharmaforum):
Pear will make its debut on the exchange today after combining with Thimble Point – a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) – in a deal that sidestepped the conventional initial public offering (IPO) route and has propelled its valuation to around $1.6 billion … Pear specialises in prescription digital therapeutics (DTx) based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques that can delivered remotely to [patients via a digital device. It has three apps approved by the FDA, including reSET and reSET‑O for people living with substa...
Source: SharpBrains - December 8, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Uncategorized CBT cognitive behavioural therapy DTx Pear Therapeutics prescription digital therapeutics reSET-O Somryst SPAC Thimble Point Source Type: blogs
Making first contact: What to do with all that information! part 2
Last week I described some of the reasons for using a case formulation approach when working through initial assessment information, and today I’m going to describe one approach for organising a formulation. This is the “4 P” formulation, and it’s one that’s often used in mental health (Bolton, 2014).
In the 4 P model, there are four questions to ask yourself:
Preconditions – Why is this person vulnerable to this problem?Precipitating factors – Why now? This can mean “why is this person having symptoms now?” or “why is this person presenting to this person ...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - November 28, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Assessment Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Pain conditions Professional topics Research Science in practice biopsychosocial case formulation Occupational therapy pain management Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: New Paper From PACE Authors Repeats Bogus Arguments and Defenses
By David Tuller, DrPH The October 29th publication of the new guideline for ME/CFS from Britain’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) represented an enormous and humiliating repudiation of the PACE trial and the many related studies of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) as treatments for the illness. That […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 20, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Some National Health Service Branches Fail to Respond to New NICE Guidelines for ME/CFS
By David Tuller, DrPH In late October, the UK’s National institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) released its new ME/CFS guideline, which specifically recommend against graded exercise therapy (GET) and a specialized form of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Last week, I wrote about how King’s College London continues to host a page on “CBT […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 16, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized NICE Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Is Something Shifting at the Science Media Centre?
By David Tuller, DrPH For years, London’s Science Media Centre has fiercely promoted research into graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for the illness or cluster of illnesses variously referred to as chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephaloymyelitis, CFS/ME, ME/CFS, and other names. Some of the prominent experts in this field have had […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 15, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized chalder NICE Source Type: blogs
Developments In Psychology ’s Covid Research
By Emma L. Barratt
Early in the pandemic, there was a rapid shift in the pace of research. With the situation evolving quickly, lockdowns coming into effect, and the massive loss of life that followed, researchers across academia were racing against the clock to produce papers.
This haste was unusual for most scientists, more used to detailed scrutiny, further investigations, and collaboration. As a result, some were concerned about the rigour of papers that would ultimately see the light of day. Early on, psychologist Vaughan Bell tweeted with regards to Covid research, “If it’s urgent, the urgency is to ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - November 8, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Coronavirus Feature Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: King ’ s College London Is Still Hyping “ Bespoke ” CBT for CFS as “ Recommended ” in UK
By David Tuller, DrPH A week ago, Britain’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published its new, evidence-based guideline for ME/CFS, which recommended against graded exercise therapy and cognitive behavior therapy offered as curative rather than as supportive care. Not surprisingly, this event creates some public relations problems for members of the CBT/GET ideological […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 5, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized King's College London NICE Trudie Chalder Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: King s College London Is Still Hyping Bespoke CBT for CFS as Recommended in UK
By David Tuller, DrPH A week ago, Britains National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published its new, evidence-based guideline for ME/CFS, which recommended against graded exercise therapy and cognitive behavior therapy offered as curative rather than as supportive care. Not surprisingly, this event creates some public relations problems for members of the CBT/GET ideological […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 5, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: David Tuller ME/CFS King's College London NICE Trudie Chalder Source Type: blogs
On physical activity, neuroplasticity, depression, screen time, neuromodulation and more
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring this time eight scientific reports and industry resources plus a few fun brain teasers.
#1. Study finds ultimate hack to protect teen brains from harmful screen time: Exercise (and good role-modeling):
“Girls who spent less than an hour on screens and boys who spent less than 90 minutes on screens were not negatively impacted by it. But at higher amounts of screen time, their life satisfaction dropped significantly—they were less happy with their lives, and it got worse the more time they spent … (the) study also found that teens who got more regula...
Source: SharpBrains - October 29, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning Peak Performance SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter Technology & Innovation Aduhelm Brain Teasers CBT cognitive load cognitive-behavioral-therapy cognitive-therapy depression digital Source Type: blogs
Trend: Harnessing digital tech to improve mental health and wellness
From mindfulness apps to virtual therapy sessions, digital tools offer instant access to wellness resources (The Globe and Mail):
In 2015, Brie Code was working at leading video game company Ubisoft as lead artificial intelligence programmer when she realized that many people she knew – about half, by her estimation – found video games boring.
… Code left Ubisoft to develop exactly that type of game. Her AI company, Tru Luv, launched its first product, a game appropriately titled #SelfCare, in 2018. Designed with the help of Dutch academic Isabela Granic, a professor at the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) at Radb...
Source: SharpBrains - October 25, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation Breathing Calm chronic insomnia Clue cognitive behavioural therapy digital mental health digital therapeutic digital wellness Global Wellness Institute global wellness market Headspace Source Type: blogs
