Stephen Forrest
Existential Analysis, Psychotherapy & Personal Development
Existential Analysis, Psychotherapy & Personal Development
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) and Chronic Fatigue Syndromes:
Since 1969 M.E. has been classified by the World Health Organisation as a Neurological Disease (see ICD-10 CM G93.3). Treating M.E. as a psychological condition is considered by many sufferers and authorities to be irresponsible and some therapies e.g. CBT or Cognitive Behaviour Therapy/ Graded Exercise have been shown to worsen symptoms. Yet there still exists a resistance in the UK to recognising M.E. as a biomedical condition. A number of illnesses sharing a similar spectrum of chronic fatigue symptoms to those of M.E. include Fibromyalgia, Chronic Mononucleosis, and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome.
Many M.E. patients find that lifestyle, stress and anxiety can create or make their M.E. symptoms worse. Whilst Existential Psychotherapy cannot claim to 'cure' M.E., it can help you directly address your lifestyle, stress and anxiety.
THERAPIES that worsen symptoms of M.E.
PETITION to fund biomedical research into Fibromyalgia Syndrome/ M.E.
PETITION to have M.E. recognised as neurological illness in the UK
MYTHS about M.E. and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Since 1969 M.E. has been classified by the World Health Organisation as a Neurological Disease (see ICD-10 CM G93.3). Treating M.E. as a psychological condition is considered by many sufferers and authorities to be irresponsible and some therapies e.g. CBT or Cognitive Behaviour Therapy/ Graded Exercise have been shown to worsen symptoms. Yet there still exists a resistance in the UK to recognising M.E. as a biomedical condition. A number of illnesses sharing a similar spectrum of chronic fatigue symptoms to those of M.E. include Fibromyalgia, Chronic Mononucleosis, and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome.
Many M.E. patients find that lifestyle, stress and anxiety can create or make their M.E. symptoms worse. Whilst Existential Psychotherapy cannot claim to 'cure' M.E., it can help you directly address your lifestyle, stress and anxiety.
THERAPIES that worsen symptoms of M.E.
PETITION to fund biomedical research into Fibromyalgia Syndrome/ M.E.
PETITION to have M.E. recognised as neurological illness in the UK
MYTHS about M.E. and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CFS: 30 sec commercial by the US Centre for Disease Control
What is M.E./C.F.S.?
Information video for friends and family of M.E. sufferers.
M.E. causes death in UK: Part 1
The UK Government gives no funding to M.E. research as it continues to perpetuate the fallacy that M.E. is a psychological and behavioural disorder.
M.E. causes death in UK: Part 2
News of the first recorded death caused by M.E.. How M.E. is misdiagnosed in the UK as a mental illness when there is evidence that it is a neurological disease.
What is M.E./C.F.S.?
Information video for friends and family of M.E. sufferers.
M.E. causes death in UK: Part 1
The UK Government gives no funding to M.E. research as it continues to perpetuate the fallacy that M.E. is a psychological and behavioural disorder.
M.E. causes death in UK: Part 2
News of the first recorded death caused by M.E.. How M.E. is misdiagnosed in the UK as a mental illness when there is evidence that it is a neurological disease.
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