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ME/CFS South Australia Inc supports the needs of sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related illnesses. We do this by providing services and information to members.
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ME/CFS South Australia Inc aims to keep members informed of various research projects, diets, medications, therapies, news items, etc. All communication, both verbal and written, is merely to disseminate information and not to make recommendations or directives.
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Somatisation Disorder – is it all in our heads?
The Draft Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome have been severely criticised for failure to recognise a severe form of the disease, preferring a psychiatric diagnosis of somatisation disorder. What do psychiatrists mean by that?
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www.acponline.org/journals/annals/02jun99/barsky.htm is an article by AJ Barsky and MD Borus published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, titled “Functional Somatic Syndromes.” |
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freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/letter02.htm is a reply to Barsky’s article by Ellen Gouldsmit. |
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www.mja.com.au/public/guides/cfs/cfscont.html is the Medical Journal of Australia where you can read the Draft Guidelines. |
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