Tag: fatigue

  • Why is Professor Crawley Still on the COFFI Steering Committee?

    Several years ago, the leaders of the biopsychosocial ideological brigades decided to create the Collaborative On Fatigue and related symptoms Following Infection, or COFFI. According to its website, COFFI’s “overarching aim” is “to investigate factors influencing the development of long-term symptoms (in particular fatigue) following certain infectious diseases.” Akershus University Hospital (AHUS) in Norway is…

  • Professor Chalder Reports CBT Does Not Work for Post-Stroke Fatigue, Calls for More Research

    Calling out a Trudie Chalder paper is way too easy. It’s also old hat for Virology Blog—going back to 2015 and my initial investigation into the now-discredited PACE trial, of which she was one of three lead investigators. She is a professor of “cognitive behavioural psychotherapy” at King’s College London, so she researches the impact…