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== Patient abuse and mistreatment == Experiences commonly reported include: * denial of social security/disability benefits for those too ill to work<ref name="Disdain" /><ref name="Mihelicova" /><ref name="Geraghtyharm" /> * refusing to accept that a patient is ill, treating a patient as if they are lying or faking symptoms, lazy or unmotivated, and denying treatment<ref name="Lapp2018">{{Cite journal | last = Lapp | first = Charles W. | author-link = Charles Lapp | date = 2019 | title=Initiating Care of a Patient With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)| url = https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2018.00415/full|journal=Frontiers in Pediatrics|language=English|volume=6|issue=| pages=|doi=10.3389/fped.2018.00415|issn=2296-2360|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> * medical neglect, including denying basic medical treatment, or tests or investigations on the basis of the fact the person has [[ME/CFS]]<ref name="Mihelicova" /><ref name="Disdain" /><ref name="Geraghtyharm" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web| url = http://www.forward-me.org.uk/Reports/10%20year%20surveillance%20(2017).pdf | title=10 year surveillance report consultation comments {{!}} NICE CFS/ME guidelines | last = Forward-ME | first = | authorlink = Forward-ME | date = 2017 | website = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref> * [[Medical gaslighting]], including physical symptoms of illness being misdiagnosed as mental illness, resulting in denial of medical care or inappropriate treatments, and denial of disability aids, and limited / reduced disability or sickness payments<ref name="HughesGaslighting">{{Cite web| url = https://thesciencebit.net/2019/03/21/if-you-spend-20-years-gaslighting-your-patients-perhaps-you-should-think-twice-before-accusing-them-of-trolling-you/ | title = If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you* | last = Hughes | first = Brian | authorlink = Brian Hughes | date = 2019-03-21 | website = The Science Bit|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref><ref name="ABC">{{Cite web| url = https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-10-23/doctors-with-long-covid-warn-long-term-effects-can-be-serious/12785934 | title = Doctors warn of lasting effects of COVID-19 after struggling to recover from virus | last = Mitchell | first = Natasha | authorlink = | date = 2020-10-22 | website = ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref> * forced in-patient mental health treatment in patients without a [[mental health]] condition<ref name="Blease2017" /><ref name="hansardjan19" /> as experienced by [[Sophia Mirza]] * large numbers of children with ME/CFS put on child protection and "at risk" registers and separated from their parents, who are investigated for child abuse and [[Munchausen syndrome by proxy|Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy/Fabricated Induced Illness]]<ref name="colby2014">{{Cite web| url = https://www.tymestrust.org/pdfs/falseallegations.pdf | title=False Allegations of Child Abuse in Cases of Childhood Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) | last = Colby | first = Jane | authorlink = Jane Colby | date = 2014 | website = [[Tymes Trust]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> * children too ill to attend school have been diagnosed with "[[Pervasive School Refusal Syndrome|Pervasive Refusal Syndrome]]", or abnormal illness behavior<ref name="speight2911">{{Cite web| url = https://www.tymestrust.org/pdfs/vision2011-1insert.pdf | title=Does graded exercise therapy cure ME? | last = Speight | first = Nigel | authorlink = Nigel Speight | date = 2011 | website = [[Tymes Trust]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref> * patients are blamed when treatments do not work * becoming very angry with patients, in one clinical trial some nurses viewed [[Severe and very severe ME|severely ill patients]] as "The bastards don't want to get better"<ref name="Peters2011">{{Cite journal | last = Peters | first = Sarah | author-link = Sarah Peters | last2 = Wearden | first2 = Alison | authorlink2 = Alison Wearden | last3 = Morriss | first3 = Richard | authorlink3 = Richard Morriss | last4 = Dowrick | first4 = Christopher F | authorlink4 = Christopher Dowrick | last5 = Lovell | first5 = Karina | authorlink5 = Karina Lovell | last6 = Brooks | first6 = Joanna | authorlink6 = Joanna Brooks | last7 = Cahill | first7 = Greg | author-link8 = Greg Cahill | last8 = Chew-Graham | first8 = Carolyn | author-link8 = Carolyn Chew-Graham | date = Dec 2011 | title = Challenges of nurse delivery of psychological interventions for long-term conditions in primary care: a qualitative exploration of the case of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalitis |url =http://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1748-5908-6-132|journal=Implementation Science|language=en|volume=6|issue=1| pages=|doi=10.1186/1748-5908-6-132|issn=1748-5908|pmc=3259041|pmid=22192566|quote=there is sort of feeling that the patient should be grateful and follow your advice, and in actual fact, what happens is the patient is quite resistant and there is this thing like you know, โThe bastards donโt want to get better...|via=}}</ref> ~ Nurse supervisor, [[FINE trial]] * medical professionals accuse patients of not wanting to recover or "benefitting" from their illness<ref name="Peters2011" />With these people, it isn't that they don't want to get better but if the price is recognising the psychiatric basis of the condition, they'd rather not get better". ~ Sir [[Simon Wessely]]<ref name="dangersofresearch">{{Cite journal | last = Hawkes | first = Nigel | authorlink = | date = Jun 22, 2011 | title = The dangers of research into CFS/ME| url = https://www.bmj.com/bmj/section-pdf/187262?path=/bmj/342/7812/Feature.full.pdf | journal=[[BMJ]]|volume=342|issue=d3780 | pages = 1392-1384|quote=|via=|doi=10.1136/bmj.d3780}}</ref> * patients labelled "resistant to treatment"<ref name="Peters2011" /> * medical professionals being so convinced that a treatment would work that they accuse patients of not complying with it, or remove their diagnosis and misdiagnosis a psychiatric illness instead, for instance interpreting inability to wash or eat as self-neglect from [[Depression]] or [[Pervasive Refusal Syndrome]], or severe gastrointestinal illness causing severe weight loss as [[anorexia, eating disorders and ME/CFS|anorexia]]
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