Why ME must be removed from the JCPMH Report : Guidance for Commissioners of Services for People with Medically Unexplained Symptoms
The
Joint Commisioning Panel for Mental Health has recently published
"Guidance
for commissioners of services for people with medically unexplained
symptoms,
specifically listing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis as a "Functional Somatic Disorder".
This is not the first time that an incorrect reclassification has been attempted. In October 2001 an attempt was made to have ME ‘unofficially’ reclassified, as a mental disorder in a U.K adaptation of a WHO publication, the ‘WHO Guide to Mental Health in Primary Care’, developed by the Collaborating Centre of the Institute of Psychiatry, London and included under the classification F48.0 “Unexplained medical symptoms.”
After a reprimand from the WHO, an erratum was eventually issued, acknowledging that the wrong classification.
For anyone wishing to challenge this report, the following may be of interest.
Background
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) has been recognised by the World Health Organisation since 1969 as an organic neuro…
specifically listing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis as a "Functional Somatic Disorder".
This is not the first time that an incorrect reclassification has been attempted. In October 2001 an attempt was made to have ME ‘unofficially’ reclassified, as a mental disorder in a U.K adaptation of a WHO publication, the ‘WHO Guide to Mental Health in Primary Care’, developed by the Collaborating Centre of the Institute of Psychiatry, London and included under the classification F48.0 “Unexplained medical symptoms.”
After a reprimand from the WHO, an erratum was eventually issued, acknowledging that the wrong classification.
For anyone wishing to challenge this report, the following may be of interest.
Background
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) has been recognised by the World Health Organisation since 1969 as an organic neuro…
