Cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome

Experience from larger and more carefully controlled randomised interventional trials of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome has clearly shown that short term improvement in symptoms is related directly to the maintenance of regular contacts with healthcare professionals rather than the therapeut...

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Published in:BMJ 2005-04, Vol.330 (7494), p.789-790
Main Authors: Chaudhuri, Abhijit, Stulemeijer, Maja, de Jong, Lieke W. A. M., Fiselier, Theo J. W., Hoogveld, Sigrid W. B., Bleijenberg, Gijs
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive therapy
Experimentation
Fatigue
Fear & phobias
Letters
Teenagers
Therapists
Therapy
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Summary:Experience from larger and more carefully controlled randomised interventional trials of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome has clearly shown that short term improvement in symptoms is related directly to the maintenance of regular contacts with healthcare professionals rather than the therapeutic effect of the intervention itself and consequently, the improvement is not sustained once the contact is lost. 2 The authors did not offer patients in their waiting list the opportunity to meet therapists regularly for five months but without having cognitive behaviour therapy.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.330.7494.789-b