Chronic fatigue syndrome: Labels, meanings and consequences

Wojtek Wojcik; David Armstrong; Richard Kanaan

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.02.002

Chronic fatigue syndrome: Labels, meanings and consequences

Wojtek Wojcik, David Armstrong, Richard Kanaan

Population Health Sciences

King's College London

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Abstract

In this month's issue, we report a survey of members of the Association of British Neurologists, which asked if they viewed chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) as a neurological condition-84% of respondents did not. This is at odds with current classification in ICD-10. We discuss the difficulties of classifying CFS and myalgic encephalopmeylitis (ME), including historical and sociological factors, the pitfalls of the physical/psychological dichotomy and why classification matters to doctors and patients. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	500 - 504
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume	70
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.02.002
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

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