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=== Accusations of abuse === Professor Wessely stated in summer 2011 that he had been the subject of abuse and threats of violence by patients objecting to his research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/aug/21/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis | title =Chronic fatigue syndrome researchers face death threats from militants | last =McKie | first = Robin | date = Aug 20, 2011|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-08-29|authorlink=Robin McKie|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2011/08/interview-with-professor-simon-wessely-the-times-6-august-2011/ | title =Interview with Professor Simon Wessely {{!}} The Times {{!}}6 August 2011 | last =Marsh | first = Stefanie | date = Aug 6, 2011|website=[[ME Association]]|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-08-29|authorlink=Stefanie Marsh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-14326514 | title ='Abuse' hindering ME research | last = Feilden | first = Tom| date = Jul 29, 2011|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en-GB|quote=|author-link=Tom Feilden|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2011/10/mind-the-gap/ | title =Mind the gap | last =Ross | first = Deborah| date = Oct 2011|website=[[The Spectator]]|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-08-29|authorlink=Deborah Ross|publisher=[[The Spectator]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2020241/Scientists-investigating-ME-death-threats-investigating-psychological-causes.html| title =Death threats to scientists who say ME may be 'all in the mind' | last =Hope | first = Jenny | date = |work=Daily Mail Online|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|quote=|author-link=Jenny Hope}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/8641007/Protesters-have-got-it-all-wrong-on-ME.html| title =Protesters have got it all wrong on ME | last =Pemberton | first = Max| date = Aug 29, 2011|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|work=[[The Telegraph]]|quote=|author-link=Max Pemberton|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KP0q7MtANM|title=BBC News: Scientists working on ME/CFS are abusing and intimidating patients | last = | first = | date = Jul 29, 2011|website=YouTube|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date= | author-link=IloveCBT}}</ref> Professor Wessely claimed in an interview that research into [[CFS/ME]] made him feel unsafe, stating that specializing in the problems of war veterans "I now go to Iraq and Afghanistan, where I feel a lot safer."<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal | last =Hawkes | first = Nigel | author-link=Nigel Hawkes| date = Jun 22, 2011 | title = The dangers of research into CFS/ME|url=https://www.bmj.com/bmj/section-pdf/187262?path=/bmj/342/7812/Feature.full.pdf|journal=[[BMJ]]|volume=342|issue=d3780|pages=1392-1384|quote=|via=|doi=10.1136/bmj.d3780}}</ref>
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