Crawley EM, Gaunt DM, Garfield K, et al . Clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Lightning Process in addition to specialist medical care for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial. Arch Dis Child 2018;103:155–64. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313375. This trial (ISRCTN81456207: registration July 31 st 2012) was originally submitted to Archives of Disease in Childhood ( ADC ) in May 2017 and underwent external peer review. It was accepted after one revision on...| Archives of Disease in Childhood
Objective Investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Lightning Process (LP) in addition to specialist medical care (SMC) compared with SMC alone, for children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalitis (CFS/ME). Design Pragmatic randomised controlled open trial. Participants were randomly assigned to SMC, or SMC plus the LP (SMC+LP). Randomisation was minimised by age and gender. Setting Specialist paediatric CFS/ME service. Patients Aged 12–18 years with mild/mod...| Archives of Disease in Childhood
By David Tuller, DrPH When it comes to ME and ME/CFS, The BMJ—formerly called The British Medical Journal but now, like the food franchise once known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, officially reduced to a mere acronym—is a long-time champion of the “biopsychosocial” ideological brigades. (I use the “scare quotes” because the term is a misnomer, …Trial By Error: More on the BMJ Opinion Piece from the Psychobabblers Read More »| Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH Last week, The BMJ published a commissioned propaganda piece—er, “opinion”—written by confirmed members of the cognitive behavior ther ...| Virology Blog