2.74 avg rating — 50 ratings

"Terrible book from PACE trial author Michael Sharpe, promoting the flawed CBT psychotherapy technique, for a neurological illness."

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings

"Exercise has been shown to be extremely dangerous. This is not a book about CFS or ME."

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings

"Biopsychosocial model - or rather a psychological and social approach that doesn't work. The 'social' part involves removing support in order to 'motivate' people to recover. "

it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings

3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings

"Co-written by PACE trial author and defender Gabrielle Murphy who promotes psychotherapy and doesn't mention this is a neurological illness."

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings

"Two of the notorious Wessely school, including PACE trial author Michael Sharpe - who calls those with CFS the "undeserving sick"."

2.95 avg rating — 87 ratings

"Yet another book on this flawed non-treatment that has been linked to harm by virtually all UK M.E./CFS charities "

2.08 avg rating — 26 ratings

"later rebadged as for chronic fatigue syndrome but it's just about general fatigue"

2.25 avg rating — 4 ratings

"written by someone who had been pushing the same flawed approach since the 1990s, with not the slightest change to take new research into account "

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings

"Yet another Trudie Chalder psychotherapy approach aimed at people who weren't looking for psychotherapy and might not have any mental health problems at all "

2.95 avg rating — 87 ratings

"another book on discredited CBT"

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings

"Exercise is proven to be harmful in CFS. This book confuses Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with fatigue unrelated to illness."

did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 4 ratings

"A book about fatigue not caused by CFS, from someone who has been promoting the disproven nonsense since the 1990s. Trudie Chalder's Chalder Fatigue Scale - used in the PACE trial - did not have a 'worse than before' rating for the severely ill."

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings

"There is no cure..."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating

"Unfortunately written before the CDC withdrew all CBT and graded exercise therapy treatments, and covers the XMRV virus research that was later retracted."

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings

"Author has published the same book for dozens of illnesses. Don't waste your time. There is no cure... "