The British Psychological Society (LINK) is continuing to work with people with ME/CFS, Action for ME and the ME Association (LINK) to produce good practice guidelines for psychologists working with people with ME/CFS, based on the 2021 NICE guideline.
You can now read the latest update on the project from Action for ME volunteer, Katherine Langford.
"We have been carrying out further analysis of the responses to our survey about what people with ME/CFS want psychologists to know to support both the guidelines and a planned research paper," explains Katherine. "Participants have said very clearly that the guidelines must recognise ME/CFS is a biological illness that cannot be cured by psychological methods."
In the update (LINK), you can read more about how this detailed survey has identified multiple ways that psychologists can best support people with ME/CFS; and hear from Dr Jo Greer, a Chartered Educational Psychologist who is working on the guidelines. Jo is a carer for her daughter, who has very severe ME.
You read more about the background on this project here.
