Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 148-149 , July 2010

Treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a multisystem disease, should target the pathophysiological aberrations (inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways), not the psychosocial “barriers” for a new equilibrium

  • Michael Maes

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Maes Clinics, Groenenborgerlaan 206, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium. Tel.: +32 3 4809282; fax: +32 3 2889185.

Received 4 November 2009

References 

  1. Twisk F, Maes M. A review on cognitive behavorial therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): CBT/GET is not only ineffective and not evidence-based, but also potentially harmful for many patients with ME/CFS. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2009;30:284–299
  2. Maes M. Inflammatory and oxidative & nitrosative stress (IO&NS) pathways underpinning chronic fatigue, somatization and psychosomatic symptoms. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2009;22:75–83
  3. Maes M, Twisk F. Chronic fatigue syndrome: la bête noire of the Belgian Health Care System. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2009;30:300–311

PII: S0738-3991(10)00051-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.02.017

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 148-149 , July 2010

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