Journal
HEALTHCARE
Volume 9, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9080984
Keywords
myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) controversy, dogma; psychological causation
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This review discusses the controversy surrounding the condition of ME/CFS, emphasizing the importance of historical perspective in understanding the disputed causation. It suggests that academic research rather than psychological theorization is key to proper understanding and treatment of the disease.
This review raises a number of compelling issues related to the condition of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Some historical perspective is necessary in order to highlight the nature of the controversy concerning its causation. Throughout history, a pattern tends to repeat itself when natural phenomena require explanation. Dogma usually arrives first, then it is eventually replaced by scientific understanding. The same pattern is unfolding in relation to ME/CFS, but supporters of the psychological dogma surrounding its causation remain stubbornly resistant, even in the face of compelling scientific evidence to the contrary. Acceptance of the latter is not just an academic issue; the route to proper understanding and treatment of ME/CFS is through further scientific research rather than psychological theorisation. Only then will a long-suffering patient group benefit.
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