Chronic fatigue syndrome: labels, meanings and consequences.

نویسندگان

  • Wojtek Wojcik
  • David Armstrong
  • Richard Kanaan
چکیده

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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of psychosomatic research

دوره 70 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011