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==Trauma and PTSD as a result of ME/CFS== Some [[ME/CFS]] patients have reported being abused by others as a result of having [[ME/CFS]], for example forced, painful exercise treatments, and psychological abuse by medical professionals or carers, particularly by those with [[Severe and very severe ME|severe or very severe ME]]. British doctor [[Sarah Myhill]] created the [[MAIMES petition|MAIMES campaign and petition]] for the investigation of medical abuse in ME patients. Dr [[Nigel Speight]] has spoken about the neglect and mistreatment of children with ME by medical professionals, including forced [[Graded exercise therapy|exercise therapy]] and [[cognitive behavioral therapy|psychotherapy]] carried out on children with ME who were incorrectly forced into locked psychiatric hospitals, based on the mistaken belief that their physical symptoms had a psychiatric basis.{{citation needed | date = Sep 2020}}. The [[25 Percent ME Group|25% ME Group]] for severe ME and [[The Grace Charity for M.E.]] jointly published a document describing how patients or carers may be able to avoid inappropriate psychiatric hospitalization. There is a lack of research regarding the traumatization of patients as a result of [[ME/CFS]], but research has shown that both ME/CFS patients often experience significant [[stigma and discrimination]]. {{See also|Ethical issues|Ethical issues|MAIMES petition|MAIMES petition|Stigma and discrimination|Stigma and discrimination}}
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