Anonymous
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Search
Editing
Primer for journalists
(section)
From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
Namespaces
Page
Discussion
More
More
Page actions
Read
Edit
Edit source
History
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Learn more== '''Key facts''' *[https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFS_KeyFacts.pdf Key Facts] - Institute of Medicine (2015) '''Research''' *[[Institute of Medicine report]] (2015) The CDC based its updated [https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/index.html ME/CFS page] on information in this report. *[[Notable studies]] '''Films''' *''[[Forgotten Plague]]'' is a US documentary about [[Ryan Prior]], an afflicted journalist who investigates the disease and its history and why the CDC has left millions sidelined from life; available for [http://www.forgottenplague.com/ streaming and DVD purchase]. (2015) [[File:Forgotten Plague.jpeg|200px|thumb|center]] *''[[Unrest]]'' is a US documentary film that aired on PBS's ''Independent Lens'' in 2018 and is available for [https://www.unrest.film/watch/#digital streaming] and [https://www.unrest.film/store/ DVD purchase]. [[Jennifer Brea]], a person with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]], directs. (2017) [[File:Unrest.jpg|400px|thumb|center]] '''ME/CFS organization and researchers material''' *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRdn4A2SGic Beyond the Data β Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Advancing Research and Clinical Education] (The CDC's Dr. [[John Iskander]] interviews Dr. [[Anthony Komaroff]]. Video, 2016) *[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h_ZwdR4567k-mSoWahnC_id0F_fAA3Fb/view Caring for People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis] (2018) Guide for Caretakers *[http://youtu.be/c2vIQ92wU9Y ME/CFS Diagnosis and Name with Dr Nancy Klimas (video)] *[http://www.openmedicinefoundation.org/what-is-mecfs/ What is ME/CFS?] By the [[Open Medicine Foundation]] '''[[Patient mental health]]''' :Patients that had been deemed as suffering from mental health and not a biological illness: :*[[Karina Hansen]] is a young [[Denmark|Danish]] woman taken from her family for 3 1/2 years due to [[Per Fink]]'s insistence her ME was due to mental health issues. :*[[Sophia Mirza]] was taken forcibly from her home to a mental hospital only to be returned shortly after; she then died of ME. :*[[Ean Proctor]] was taken from his parents as a young boy and he was told his "parents were letting him die." He had become [[paralysis|paralyzed]] and mute and was let go in the deep end of a pool to make him swim and another time put him on a scary theme park ride to scare him into moving. '''More mental health information''' *ME/CFS is not [[depression]]. It causes a lack of energy, not a lack of desire.<ref name="Griffith, 2008">{{Cite journal | last1 = Griffith | first1 = J.P. | authorlink1 = | last2 = Zarrouf | first2 = F.A. | authorlink2 = | title = A Systematic Review of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Donβt Assume Itβs Depression| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292451/| pmc =2292451| journal = Primary Care Companion to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | page = 120β128| date = 2008 | pmid = 18458765 | doi = 10.4088/pcc.v10n0206 }}</ref><ref name="Hawk, 2006">{{Cite journal | last1 = Hawk | first1 = C | authorlink1 = | last2 = Jason | first2 = L | authorlink2 = Leonard Jason | last3 = Torres-Harding | first3 = S | authorlink3 = Susan Torres-Harding| title = Differential diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome and major depressive disorder | journal = International Journal of Behavioral Medicine | volume = 13 | issue = 3 | page = 244-51 | date = 2006 | pmid = 17078775 | doi = 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1303_8 | url = http://www.healthrising.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Hawk.-Jason.-Differential-Diagnosis-of-Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome-and-Major-Depressive-Disorder.pdf }}</ref><ref name="myhill">{{Cite web|url = http://drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/CFS_or_depression_-_what_are_the_differences| title = CFS or depression - what are the differences | last = Myhill | first = Sarah | authorlink = Sarah Myhill | website = DrMyhill|access-date = 2021-03-22}}</ref>
Summary:
Please make sure your edits are consistent with
MEpedia's guidelines
.
By saving changes, you agree to the
Terms of use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 3.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
This page is a member of 3 hidden categories:
Category:All articles with unsourced statements
Category:Articles with unsourced statements from 2019
Category:Articles with unsourced statements from unknown year
Navigation
Navigation
Skip to content
Main page
Browse
Become an editor
Random page
Popular pages
Abbreviations
Glossary
About MEpedia
Links for editors
Contents
Guidelines
Recent changes
Pages in need
Search
Help
Wiki tools
Wiki tools
Special pages
Page tools
Page tools
User page tools
More
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Page logs