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==== Membership of a patient organization as an illness-perpetuating factor ==== Boudewijn Van Houdenhove has responded to criticism by patient advocates. In his book ‘[https://books.google.be/books?id=eS7ZED-n8AUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=moe+in+tijden+van+stress&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh4N3Lq4DcAhVDLlAKHd_TDXYQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=moe%20in%20tijden%20van%20stress&f=false Moe in tijden van stress’ (2001)] he wrote that he felt "surprise, pity and vicarious shame" as he read criticism of patients on the internet. In another of his books, [https://books.google.be/books?id=yDauPwAACAAJ&dq=%E2%80%98Herwin+je+veerkracht%E2%80%99+(2009)&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGw-rbq4DcAhUFYlAKHTDuBYEQ6AEIKDAA ‘Herwin je veerkracht’ (2009)] he referred to the website of patient advocate (and published researcher) [[Frank Twisk]] with the remark (translated from Dutch) “It is suffice to say that most of them do not bother to read what I write […] They just echo each other's prejudices.” And concerning the protest of some ME/CFS patients against a psychiatric approach to their illness, Van Houdenhove noted (translated from Dutch): <blockquote>"The stubbornness with which this happens in some patients sometimes prompts us to think that, if the energy wasted in this fight were used to work on rehabilitation, the process of recovery would probably have come a long way."<ref>Neerinckx E and Van Houdenhove B. [http://www.tijdschriftvoorpsychiatrie.nl/assets/articles/articles_599pdf.pdf Kort signalement Gegijzeld door chronische vermoeidheid...] Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie 39 (1997) 4: 339-341.</ref> </blockquote>In a 2008 scientific paper on the treatment of ME/CFS, Van Houdenhove wrote that membership of a patient support group could be regarded as a perpetuating factor of the disease.<ref>Van Houdenhove B and Luyten P. Customizing treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia: the role of perpetuating factors. Psychosomatics. 2008 Nov-Dec;49(6):470-7. [[doi:]][https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psy.49.6.470 10.1176/appi.psy.49.6.470] [[PubMed Identifier|PMID]] [[pubmed:19122123|19122123]]</ref>
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