Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Wessely, Simon

doi:10.1007/978-4-431-68500-5_10

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“…Proponents of the psychological paradigm have questioned the somatic basis of ME advocating a psychosomatic or depressive hypothesis (Wessely 1990(Wessely , 1994. According to this paradigm the condition is attributed to one or all of the following factors: immune suppression caused by depression, a constitutional neural weakness of which prior major depressive disorder is an indicator, and a tendency for the patient to somatise depression through physical symptoms.…”

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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and the medical encounter¹

Cooper

1997

Sociology Health & Illness

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In the history of twentieth century western medicine several 'syndromes' have been denied the legitimate status of 'organic disease'. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are examples of such syndromes, in that their status within biomedicine as 'real, organic' diseases is still a matter of controversy. These 'non-diseases' or 'illegitimate illnesses' are usually defined in terms of symptoms, with few consistent signs, and scientists and doctors have failed to agree on aetiology and pathogenesis. There are no obvious visible abnormalities present in sufferers, and ME cannot be diagnosed by standard medical tests. This paper explores the consequences of uncertainty and controversy for those who suffer from ME. It is based primarily on a series of ten life history interviews with sufferers of ME. These accounts of illness careers focus on the difficulties in obtaining a correct diagnosis and achieving legitimate sick role status, and on problems of miscommunication, dismissal and disbelief. As a result, respondents changed their attitudes towards either particular doctors, or the medical profession. These altered perceptions are discussed in the context of the emergence of critical lay perspectives, and a growing public ambivalence towards biomedicine.

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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and the medical encounter¹

Cooper

1997

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…CFS has also been explained as a psychosomatic disorder, and an association with psychiatric disorders has been confirmed in several studies, although the causality is unclear. Patients may suffer from depression as an effect of the disabling condition (Sö derlund et al, 2000;Wessely, 1999).…”

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Professional support of self-help groups: a support group project for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients

Carlsen¹

2003

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

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“…It is self-assessed, which necessarily induces biases, but the objective measurement of fatigue poses invasive problems that we refuse to accept. Moreover, in the literature, fatigue is still mainly assessed by questionnaire (Iskander et al, 2018;Wessely, 1999). Indeed, VR itself is already invasive, and if we were to perceive this invasiveness, it should not be confused with that of a possible biopac.…”

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Lived experience and virtual reality: visual method of analysis based on video recordings and the Valence-Arousal diagram

Delestage,

Yvart

2024

Sintaxis

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The specificity of Virtual Reality is that it offers the user almost complete sound and visual immersion, relying heavily on the sensation of presence, activated by audio and visual indications of the simulated space and strongly linked to the emotional dimension of the virtual reality experience. From the point of view of experience design research, since the user is immersed in a virtual world, real-time feedback on his or her experience is more difficult than for other media. The aim of this article is to present a visual qualitative approach to collecting traces of a virtual reality user's lived experience using a visual method protocol involving synchronous virtual real-world video recordings and the Spot Your Mood tool (Yvart, Delestage, Leleu-Merviel, 2016).

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Cited by 4 publications

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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and the medical encounter¹

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and the medical encounter¹

Professional support of self-help groups: a support group project for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients

Lived experience and virtual reality: visual method of analysis based on video recordings and the Valence-Arousal diagram

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Professional support of self-help groups: a support group project for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients

Lived experience and virtual reality: visual method of analysis based on video recordings and the Valence-Arousal diagram

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