RCGP agrees to stop classifying CFS as a mental health disorder

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

ME Association News:

“The ME Association is pleased to announce that we have been informed by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) that they will now remove their classification of CFS as a mental health disorder.

This is an important precedent in that it will now be very difficult for anyone in a position of authority to claim that CFS (or ME or CFS) can be classified or officially listed as a mental health disorder.

Thanks to both the Countess of Mar for securing time in the House of Lords for questions on ME/CFS to Lord Darzi in June and to Baroness Howe for asking about the RCGP classification……….”

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5 Responses to “RCGP agrees to stop classifying CFS as a mental health disorder”

  1. Rachel M Says:
    July 20, 2008 at 4:09 am

    It is a great news for a change. :-)

  2. j Says:
    July 20, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    thanks for that cheering news -

  3. Jane Johnson Says:
    July 20, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Great news. Three cheers for Baroness Howe, Lord Darzi and most especially for the Countess of Mar, a fearless and doughty campaigner!

  4. Wessely Says:
    July 23, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    Well said, where would we be without the Countess of Mar?

  5. Smiffy Says:
    July 27, 2008 at 1:16 am

    The Countess is a wonderful woman.

    Funny how the RCGP managed to classify M.E. as a mental heath disorder for all that time, but now can’t bring themselves to reclassify it correctly as a neurological disorder.

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