Eleanor Stein

Eleanor (Ellie) Stein, MD, FRCP(C), is a psychiatrist in private practice in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary. She is the founder of the ETeam, "a unique service in Canada offering specialized multidisciplinary assessment for clients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Toxic Chemical and Mold Exposure."

Awards

 * 2007, 13th Annual Florence Nightingale award from the Edmonton ME Society for continued support in the area of education, awareness and research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
 * 2007, John MacLennan Award of the Canadian Society for Environmental Medicine for Excellence in the field of Environmental Medicine

Advocacy

 * 2016 and 2018, Dr. Stein was one of the signatories of the Open letter to the Lancet urging its editor to commission a fully independent review of the PACE trial as published in its journal.
 * 2017, Dr. Stein was one of the signatories of An open letter to Psychological Medicine about “recovery” and the PACE trial

Notable studies

 * 2001, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Overcoming the Attitudinal Impasse (Abstract) Lecture version
 * 2006, Letter to the editor: Classification of somatoform disorders
 * 2011, No evidence for XMRV nucleic acids, infectious virus or anti-XMRV antibodies in Canadian patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (Full Text)
 * 2015, The Nature of Fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Full Text)


 * 2013, Concerns with fibromyalgia guidelines: Let's not blame patients for lack of knowledge about Fibromyalgia


 * 2013, Identifying and Treating Common Psychiatric Conditions Comorbid with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and/or Fibromyalgia (Full text)


 * 2015, Comment: First Do No Harm: Graded Exercise Therapy and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Comment


 * 2015, The Nature of Fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Abstract)


 * 2021, Systematic Review of Mind-Body Interventions to Treat Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Abstract)


 * 2021, Identifying and Managing Suicidality in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Full text)

Guidelines and non-peer reviewed articles

 * 2009, Beyond Tired: Helping patients cope with chronic fatigue syndrome


 * 2015, Assessment and Treatment of Patients with ME/CFS: Clinical Guidelines for Psychiatrists

Talks, presentations and interviews

 * 2018, Could Neuroplasticity have a role in ME/CFS? Presented at the Montreal 2018 Canadian Collaborative Team Conference on ME/CFS May 4, 2018.


 * 3-5 May 2018, ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference - Speech titles:
 * Differentiating ME/CFS from Psychiatric Disorders
 * ME/CFS: Could Neuroplasticity Play a Role?
 * Alberta Healthy Living Program: The Role of ME/CFS Education
 * 2010, Why ME/CFS is not a Psychiatric Disorder

Videos

 * 2011, Differentiating ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia from Psychiatric Disorders
 * Invited lecture at the patient day of the International Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Conference, Ottawa, Canada September 2011.

Books

 * 2012, More Light: Strategies for Living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities eBook
 * Let Your Light Shine Through: Strategies for Living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Environmental Sensitivities eBook and Coil-bound editions

Clinic location

 * 4523-16 A Street SW
 * Calgary
 * Alberta
 * Canada

Online presence

 * Website
 * Blog
 * Researchgate
 * PubMed
 * Twitter
 * Facebook
 * LinkedIn