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{{NeedsImage}} '''Graham McPhee''' was a retired [[United Kingdom|British]] mathematics school teacher and a [[ME activists and advocates|patient activist and advocate]] for [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]]/[[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (ME/CFS). Graham McPhee conducted a ''citizen science'' analysis of the [[PACE trial]] alongside [[Tom Kindlon]], [[Brian Hughes]], Adrian Baldwin, [[Janelle Wiley]] and others, and he created the [[MEAnalysis]] YouTube channel and blog to explain the scientific flaws in the design of the PACE trial, and the surrounding the scientific methodology used in support of the controversial [[CBT]] and [[Graded exercise therapy|GET]] treatments for ME/CFS.<ref name="AfME" /> In 2015, Graham made a [[Freedom of Information Act|Freedom of Information]] request for [[PACE trial]] data. The request was refused, but later published after another patient took a similar request to tribunal.<ref>[https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/fitness_data_for_pace_trial#comment-62588 What Do They Know - Fitness data for PACE trial]</ref> ==Death== Graham McPhee passed away in hospital on October 5, 2021.<ref name="s4me-announcement">{{Cite news | url=https://www.s4me.info/threads/graham-mcphee.22685/ | title = Graham McPhee | last = | first = | date = October 6, 2021|work=|access-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=|quote=|website=[[Science for ME]]|url-access=registration|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AfME">{{Cite web | url = https://www.actionforme.org.uk/news/honouring-the-life-and-work-of-graham-mcphee/ | title = Honouring the life and work of Graham McPhee | last = Action for ME | first = | authorlink = Action for ME | date = Oct 7, 2021 | website = Action for ME|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-10-11}}</ref> During the last year of his life, Graham spent a great deal of time in hospital, and was treated for [[sepsis]].<ref name="MEA">{{Cite web | url = https://meassociation.org.uk/2021/10/sad-news-of-death-of-graham-mcphee/ | title = Sad news of the death of Graham McPhee | date = Oct 11, 2021 | website = [[ME Association]]}}</ref> After he passed away, several UK charities posted a tribute to him, describing his advocacy for ME/CFS patients, and his character.<ref name="MEA"/> ==Publications== *2017, [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1359105317707215 Cognitive behaviour therapy and objective assessments in chronic fatigue syndrome] in ''[[Journal of Health Psychology]]''<ref>{{Cite journal | last = McPhee | first = Graham | authorlink = | date = Aug 1, 2017 | title = Cognitive behaviour therapy and objective assessments in chronic fatigue syndrome| url = https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317707215|journal=[[Journal of Health Psychology]]|language=en|volume=22|issue=9 | pages = 1181β1186|doi=10.1177/1359105317707215|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> *2019, [https://meassociation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Parliamentary-Briefing-on-M.E.-for-Backbench-Debate-18.01.19.pdf Parliamentary briefing for Carol Monaghan MP's debate on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis] with a [[Science for ME]] working group, [[The MEAction Network|#MEAction]], [[Action for ME]] and the [[ME Association]] *2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name="McPhee-FOIA">{{Cite journal | last = McPhee | first = Graham | authorlink = Graham McPhee | last2 = Baldwin | first2 = Adrian | authorlink2 = | last3 = Kindlon | first3 = Tom | authorlink3 = Tom Kindlon | last4 = Hughes | first4 = Brian M | authorlink4 = Brian Hughes | authorlink5 = | authorlink6 = | date = 2019-06-24 | title = Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England | url =http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=|issue= | pages = 135910531985453|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]] ==Online presence== *[http://meanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/ MEAnalysis Blog] *E-mail: me.cfs.analysis@gmail.com *[https://www.facebook.com/graham.mcphee.1 Facebook - Personal] *[https://www.facebook.com/ME-Analysis-290904064336076/ Facebook - MEAnalysis] *[https://www.youtube.com/user/MEAnalysis MEAnalysis YouTube channel] ==See also== *[[PACE trial]] *[[MEAnalysis]] *[[Dialogues for a neglected illness]] *[[Cognitive behavioral therapy]] (CBT) *[[Graded exercise therapy]] (GET) *[[Tom Kindlon]] *[[Voices from the Shadows]] ==Learn more== *2015, [https://www.facebook.com/BBCSouthEastToday/videos/10153547973448648/ BBC South East Today - Graham McPhee] *2015, [http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2015/08/east-sussex-man-calls-for-much-more-biomedical-research-into-m-e-bbc-south-east-26-august-2015/ East Sussex man calls for much more biomedical research into M.E. | BBC South East] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]] [[Category:Advocates or allies]] [[Category:British advocates or allies]] [[Category:PACE trial critics]] [[Category:Citizen scientists]] [[Category:Deceased people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]]
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