Cognitive impairments in chronic fatigue syndrome

Cognitive functioning in chronic fatigue syndrome

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Neuropsychological impairments in chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, and depression.

To examine the degree and nature of cognitive impairments in chronic fatigue syndrome, a comprehensive neuropsychological battery was given to patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, depressed patients, and healthy controls. The battery included tests of attention and concentration, information processing speed, verbal and visual memory, intellectual ability, and concept for...

Cognitive behaviour therapy in chronic fatigue syndrome.

Fifty patients fulfilling operational criteria for the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and who had been ill for a mean of five years, were offered cognitive behaviour therapy in an open trial. Those fulfilling operational criteria for depressive illness were also offered tricyclic antidepressants. The rationale was that a distinction be drawn between factors that precipitate the illness and tho...

Cognitive behavior therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome.

ACUPUNCTURE AND CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME About chronic fatigue syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is characterised by severe, disabling fatigue, and other symptoms such as musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbance, impaired concentration and headaches (Reid 2007). The prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome has been estimated to be from 0.007% to 2.8% in the general adult population, and from 0.006% to 3.0% in primary care, depending on the criteria used (Afari 2003). ...