I've seen those links. Is there some particular evidence you're pointing to? Or a position statement by experts concerning a convincing physiological mechanism?
You've seen those links? Have you read them? The third one is a link to the most extensive literature review ever undertaken, and their conclusions were strong enough for them to state flatly in the abstract that this is not psychological or psychiatric.
I'm left wondering exactly what it will take for people to back off this stuff about this being a psych illness. What evidence exactly is required? The volume of studies indicating objectively measurable biological abnormalities is massive. Many are unreplicated due to longstanding funding issues. But while I think most reasonable people would agree that psych issues and/or stress are capable of causing a number of physical issues, I can't imagine we'll ever see anything that suggests that psych issues could possibly come close to affecting the body in the severe ways that Myalgic Encephalomyelitis does.
> You've seen those links? Have you read them? The third one is a link to the most extensive literature review ever undertaken,
I did read those links. The first two conspicuously did not make a claim about a physiological origin, and the third gave a "report" link that led to a paywall.
Thanks! This new link was super useful, and is probably the strongest evidence available on this thread. Do you think that the CDC would endorse the claim about physiological origins in this report? (It's from 2015.) It's notable that the report introduces yet another name and set of defining criteria. As far as I can tell this report does not yet reflect an expert consensus, but I've updated my opinions significantly.
> I'm left wondering exactly what it will take for people to back off this stuff about this being a psych illness.
Can we agree that, given the social and economic implications, there is a huge demand from patients for doctors to issue a diagnosis for various collections of self-report symptoms (not just CFS/ME/SEID)? And that this leads to the potential for bias in the system? Are you not unsettled by the fact that the report you link admits that replication and validity are still big open problems?
I'm generally very worried with the anger and political bent to this thread (though your comments in particular have been very productive and are much appreciated). It just seems more productive try to convince skeptics based on the merits of the evidence, and admit when there remain significant disagreement and uncertainty among experts.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25695122
I'm left wondering exactly what it will take for people to back off this stuff about this being a psych illness. What evidence exactly is required? The volume of studies indicating objectively measurable biological abnormalities is massive. Many are unreplicated due to longstanding funding issues. But while I think most reasonable people would agree that psych issues and/or stress are capable of causing a number of physical issues, I can't imagine we'll ever see anything that suggests that psych issues could possibly come close to affecting the body in the severe ways that Myalgic Encephalomyelitis does.
https://app.box.com/s/9s4coexxtys5bnz33i6gvqqygu67ex5o