Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Study Shows Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management improves stress, quality of life, and symptoms of CFS

San Jose Care Resource Guide: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is not well undrerstood and it’s causes are unclear. Recent work has tried to tie it to a retrovirus [MediNewsDigest], but the the linkage is not necessarily causal.

San Jose Care Resource Guide: So what is one to do? Some drugs are used but they are not necessarily FDA approved for that purpose . Click hear ffor a link to Adienne Dellwo’s article on the CFS drugs

San Jose Care Resource Guide: What about alternative medicine?

  • Click here for a link to the Mayo Clinic on alternatives for CFS
  • Then there is this study on the benefits of  CBSM or  ”Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management”. This study was published in the Journal of psychosomatic research
    • Conclusions of this study  are positive, quoting: “…Results suggest that CBSM is beneficial for managing distress, improving quality of life, and alleviating CFS symptom severity…’
    • But what is “Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management”. Here is a helpful introduction lecture video by Dr Jason Satterfield, UCSF,  on Youtube/UCtelevision

 

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