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Tom Kindlon <[log in to unmask]>
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[A contact of mine contacted the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the UK to
try to find out what grants they have given out over the years.  She was
sent this file.  She said I could post it to Co-Cure, etc. TK]

"CFS/ME projects funded by the MRC: Those projects live from 1993/4" (to
present (i.e. June 2008))

http://tinyurl.com/5ul37z i.e.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/6/741817/MRC_CFS-ME_Projects_June_2008_%
5B1%5D.pdf

[The file above is neatly laid out in a pdf.  I've pasted the text into this
E-mail.

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CFS/ME projects funded by the MRC: Those projects live from 1993/4
Start date
Principal Investigator
Project Title
Amount Awarded

01/06/2006
Professor K Bhui,
Queen Mary & Westfield College
Chronic fatigue and ethnicity
£162k

27/05/2008
Dr C Clark,
Centre for Psychiatry, Barts and The London School of Medicine
General and specific risk markers & preventive factors for chronic fatigue
and irritable bowel syndromes
£367k

01/01/2006
Professor F Creed,
University of Manchester
The feasibility of a population based study of CFS, IBS and CWP
£118k

06/08/1997
Professor R K Morriss,
University of Manchester
The role of noradrenaline in the neuropsychological pathogenesis of the
chronic fatigue syndrome
£37k

19/04/2004
Professor A J Weardon et al,
University of Manchester
Randomised controlled trial of nurse led self-help treatment for primary
care patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
£743k

14/06/2004
Professor P D White et al,
Queen Mary & Westfield College
The PACE Trial: A RCT of CBT, graded exercise, adaptive pacing and usual
medical care for the chronic fatigue syndrome
£2.07m

01/07/2003
Professor R Morriss,
University of Liverpool
Exploratory RCT of training GPs to manage patients with persistent medically
unexplained symptoms
£356k

01/10/2004
Professor M Sharpe,
University of Edinburgh
A complex intervention for patients with medically unexplained symptoms in
neurology clinics
£242k

01/01/1990
Professor A H Mann,
Institute of Psychiatry
An epidemiological approach to the study of chronic fatigue in primary care
£94.6k

(updated: June 2008)

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Tom adds:

In 2002, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and
Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)
 said (amongst other things):

"Prior to 1993–94 the MRC stored, collected and indexed data in a format in
which it is not possible to identify CFS/ME awards."

Ref.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldhansrd/vo021105/text/211
05w04.htm

---------

All the Principal Investigators named above could be said to be
psychiatrists or psychologists from the "CBT School of Thought" aka "Wessely
School of Thought" aka "Wessely/Sharpe/White/Chalder School of Thought"
(with regards to ME or CFS).

---------

Alison Wearden spells her surname with an e.  I've seen no evidence that she
holds or has held a professorship - I think calling her Prof. Wearden may be
an error.

--------

Tom

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