Distress signals

Does cognitive behavioural therapy reduce or increase distress in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis

Bibliographic Data

ID4227103
AuthorsKeith R Laws (0000-0002-5065-0867, University of Hertfordshire)
Year2017
Volume22
Issue9
Pages1177-1180
Publication date2017-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105317710246
PMID28805513
OpenAlexW2616657259
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

Reducing the psychological distress associated with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis is seen as a key aim of cognitive behavioural therapy. Although cognitive behavioural therapy is promoted precisely in this manner by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence, the evidence base on distress reduction from randomised controlled trials is limited, equivocal and poor quality. Crucially, data derived from multiple patient surveys point to worsening and increase distress; however, despite being invited, such data have been dismissed as second class by National Institute of Clinical Excellence. Crucially, the claim by National Institute of Clinical Excellence that cognitive behavioural therapy reduces distress in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis is not only at odds with what patients repeatedly report in surveys, but with their own gold-standard randomised controlled trial and meta-analytic data

Chronic fatigue syndrome · Cognition · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Cognitive therapy · Distress · Encephalomyelitis · Excellence · Multiple sclerosis · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Randomized controlled trial · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Clinical Psychology · Surgery

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