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'''King's College London''' is one of the oldest universities in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/history/overview.aspx | title = About Us - History | last = King's College London | first = | authorlink = | date = | website = kcl.ac.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref> Several other notable institutions have merged with King's College over the years, including '''Guy's, King's and St Thomas's School of Medicine''', and '''The Institute of Psychiatry.'''<ref name="history" /> ==Notable people== [[Florence Nightingale]] is one of King's most notable historical people. ==History == == The clinic == Professor Sir [[Simon Wessely]] was treating patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome at the clinic for many years. <ref>{{Cite web | title = Q&A with Sir Simon Wessely | date = October 2, 2017|url=https://www.rsm.ac.uk/latest-news/2017/qa-with-sir-simon-wessely/|website=Royal Society of Medicine|access-date=Sep 14, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> ==ME/CFS Researchers == * [[Simon Wessely]] * [[Alicia Deale]] * [[Trudie Chalder]] * [[Rona Moss-Morris]] == Freedom of Information Act requests == King's College London refused to provide information requested about "substantiated claims of harassment of allegations of threats" to staff under the Freedom of Information Act, claiming this information was exempt from disclosure on the grounds that it may identify individuals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/370916/response/921879/attach/3/F366.16%20Response.pdf | title=Freedom of Information Act request 370916, response 921879 | last = King's College London | first = | authorlink = King's College London | date = Jan 17, 2017 | website = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> However, controversial researcher Sir [[Simon Wessely]], who is employed by King's College has repeatedly identified himself as the victim of harassment, abuse and even death threats in a number of news articles. ==Online presence== *PubMed *Twitter *Facebook *[http://www.kcl.ac.uk Website] *YouTube ==ME/CFS website== Kings was the UK’s biggest promoter of the biopsychosocial approach to CFS. From 2006-2021 it ran a multi-page website which gave an insight into the model. An archive of the website can still be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811080536/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/cfs] Their unit website said: "The Persistent Physical Symptoms Research and Treatment Unit [&] is a national specialist service undertaking assessment, treatment and research regarding chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS, sometimes known as ‘ME’). The unit is a partnership between King's College London, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre." & until 2022 stated that: "Our routine treatment is cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), which has been shown in several randomised controlled trials to be an effective intervention for CFS/ME. We also provide Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) and are also now seeing patients with fatigue in relation to chronic diseases. " [https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/persistent-physical-symptoms-research-and-treatment-unit-1] In response to the 2021 NICE guidelines update, the website was changed and service became targeted towards “fatigue, pain, irritable bowel symptoms and non-cardiac chest pain“ with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome notably largely removed and chronic fatigue put in its place. An assertion that “Our routine treatment is cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), which has been shown in several randomised controlled trials to be an effective intervention for CFS/ME” still remains: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/persistent-physical-symptoms-research-and-treatment-unit-1 although it is absent from their other website: https://slam.nhs.uk/service-detail/service/persistent-physical-symptoms-research-and-treatment-unit-278 [[David Tuller]] covered this transition & Dr [[Charles Shepherd]]‘s letter to the service following the NICE update, in his blog: https://www.virology.ws/2022/08/09/trial-by-error-kings-college-london-still-promoting-discredited-cbt-get-deconditioning-paradigm/ ==Further links== *Wikipedia *[http://www.kcl.ac.uk Institution] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Universities]] [[Category:British universities]]
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