The beginning, not the end : a response to the new ICC Criteria
Stonebird - this is the beginning, not the end : a response to the new ICC Criteria Greg Crowhurst 24 th July 2011 ( All captions in the film above, are taken from the ICC.) The health needs of people who have ME are beyond neglect. The new ICC Criteria are the beginning, not the end point , of much needed change. Until we have an adequate classification system we cannot begin to safely and adequately provide a proper biomedical health service for people with neurological myalgic encephalomyelitis. By creating this explicit criteria, a clear focus has been been established around which a matrix of truth now needs to coalesce so that new tests, treatments and approaches , for people with ME, can be lobbied for and brought about. For many years, the Wessely School , which has immense influence over Government policy, has been aggressively promoting a conceptualization of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis as a mental illness , a concept...