Brian Vastag on Nostr: 'Maeve died in 2021 at the age of 27. The inquest heard that she faced a “culture ...
'Maeve died in 2021 at the age of 27. The inquest heard that she faced a “culture of disbelief” in the health service. Dr William Weir, a consultant specialising in ME, had warned that many of the staff Maeve saw “still hold an outdated understanding that ME/CFS has psychological causes”. They attributed the symptoms to “deliberately perverse behaviour”. Maeve was offered cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy that made her condition worse.'
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