College of Health and Medicine
University of Tasmania

Free Public Lecture: 

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (aka ME) –Challenging the accepted dogma through research journalism

ME or CFS? Organic disease or psychiatric disorder? What does the evidence show?


Researchers, doctors and patients have struggled over many years in seeking to answer these questions. Recently, it has become apparent that the influential published evidence for the use of "rehabilitative" treatments for CFS/ME --specifically, graded exercise therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy--is methodologically flawed and should no longer be considered valid or reliable.

This flaw in the conception and treatment of CFS/ME has been recognised by scientists, public health authorities and public officials around the world. David Tuller will present the evidence for rejecting the conclusion that ME/CFS is predominately a psychological illness to be treated with cognitive behaviour therapy and graded exercise therapy and discuss what can be done to disseminate the best scientific evidence for treatment of people with ME/CFS.

No RSVP is requried.

 
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Date:  Wednesday 4 April, 2018
Time:  5.00 - 6.00pm
Location:  Room 206, Level 2, Medical Science 1, 17 Liverpool Street Hobart

 
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Speaker: David Tuller

David Tuller MPH ’06, DrPH ’13, is a senior fellow in public health and journalism at the Center for Global Public Health at the School of Public Health of the University of California, Berkeley.

He was instrumental in helping to expose the flaws of the controversial “PACE” trial that underpins Australian medical advice for sufferers of ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome).

He was a reporter and editor for 10 years at the San Francisco Chronicle. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Health Affairs, and many other publications. Over the last two years, he has reported extensively on ME/CFS in his investigative series “Trial By Error” for the well-regarded science website, Virology Blog.

 
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