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==False hypothesis of "symptoms without disease"== The [[Gupta program]] puts forward a "[[illness without disease|symptoms without disease]]" hypothesis: symptoms are caused by an overactive/reactivity in the brain that is unrelated to the original illness which is now gone from the body. This "symptoms without disease" (or illness without disease) theory is an extension of the work of the [[Wessely school]] in the field of ME. This school hypothesised that [[Psychologization|ME was psychiatric in origin]] and had no disease mechanism in the body. It therefore needed to be treated with CBT, i.e. psychological methods to overcome faulty emotional and mental thinking/processes. [[Michael Sharpe]] claims "it is not a particular biological process, but rather specific psychological and behavioural mechanisms that are the common factors determining the clinical characteristics of the syndrome."<ref name="Surawy1995">{{Cite journal | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A cognitive approach | date = 1995-06-01 | url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/000579679400077W|journal=Behaviour Research and Therapy|volume=33|issue=5 | pages = 535β544 | last = Surawy|first = Christina | authorlink = | last2 = Hackmann | first2 = Ann | authorlink2 = | last3 = Hawton | first3 = Keith | author-link3 = | last4 = Sharpe | first4 = Michael | author-link4 = Michael Sharpe |language=en|doi=10.1016/0005-7967(94)00077-W|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|issn=0005-7967|quote=|via=}}</ref> The Gupta Program employs a similar treatment program to [[cognitive behavioral therapy|CBT]] (changing thought processes and calming down the emotional system) although based more on NLP and is framed as neuroplasticity. This is the wrong paradigm to address serious illness and should be challenged. The website clearly states that after the original illness has gone the patient is left with symptoms but no underlying disease mechanism.
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