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Some people have reported being harmed by brain training programmes, including [[Jen Brea]], who has ME/CFS, mold-related illness and [[mast cell activation syndrome]], and | Some people have reported being harmed by brain training programmes, including [[Jen Brea]], who has ME/CFS, mold-related illness and [[mast cell activation syndrome]], and Ana Harris, who had mold-related illness.<ref name="JenTweets">{{Cite tweet|date=2018-02-08|user=jenbrea|title=I crashed really hard from doing Gupta|url=https://twitter.com/jenbrea/status/961677015286874112?lang=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://anaharriswrites.com/my-brain-retraining-story/|title=My Brain Retraining Story – Ana Harris Writes|last=Harris|first=Ana|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-25}}</ref> | ||
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Both Brea and Harris criticized the assumption that symptoms were caused by an overactivation/reactivity in the brain that was claimed to be unrelated to the underlying illness, an assumption which is presented as an uncontested fact by the Gupta Programme.<ref name="JenTweets" /><ref name=":1" /> | |||
This belief of "symptoms without disease" is also core part of the [[The 3Ps model|cognitive behavioral model]] of ME/CFS and an hypothesis underlying the use of [[graded exercise therapy]] and the psychosomatic approach to [[Medically unexplained physical symptoms|medically unexplained symptoms]], treatments associated with significant rates of harm. This "not a disease" theory provides justification for the Gupta Programme teaching patients to ignore or minimize their symptoms―despite significant the evidence that ME/CFS has an underlying disease process, and the [[ICD-11|World Health Organization]] classes it as a neurological disease rather than a set of symptoms that may not indicate disease.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://icd.who.int/browse10/2016/en#/G93|title=ICD-10 Version:2016|last=World Health Organization|first=|authorlink=World Health Organization|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=icd.who.int|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-09-25}}</ref> | |||
==See also == | ==See also == | ||
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The Gupta programme or Gupta Amydala Retraining describes itself as a "brain training" or "brain re-wiring" technique designed to alter amygdala and insular activity in order to treat or cure chronic diseases including chronic fatigue syndrome.[1][2] The Gupta programme is based on the amygdala hypothesis of chronic fatigue syndrome, which is unproven and has not been a significant focus of research.[1] The Gupta Programme has previously claimed to treat fibromyalgia and electrical sensitivities as well as ME/CFS.
Evidence[edit | edit source]
Evidence is largely limited to patient self-reports. The British Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints about the Gupta Programme being falsely advertised as a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome/ME, fibromyalgia and "electrical sensitivities" due to the lack of scientific evidence supporting this claim.[2]
Reported harms[edit | edit source]
Some people have reported being harmed by brain training programmes, including Jen Brea, who has ME/CFS, mold-related illness and mast cell activation syndrome, and Ana Harris, who had mold-related illness.[3][4]
Theory[edit | edit source]
Both Brea and Harris criticized the assumption that symptoms were caused by an overactivation/reactivity in the brain that was claimed to be unrelated to the underlying illness, an assumption which is presented as an uncontested fact by the Gupta Programme.[3][4]
This belief of "symptoms without disease" is also core part of the cognitive behavioral model of ME/CFS and an hypothesis underlying the use of graded exercise therapy and the psychosomatic approach to medically unexplained symptoms, treatments associated with significant rates of harm. This "not a disease" theory provides justification for the Gupta Programme teaching patients to ignore or minimize their symptoms―despite significant the evidence that ME/CFS has an underlying disease process, and the World Health Organization classes it as a neurological disease rather than a set of symptoms that may not indicate disease.[5]
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gupta, Ashok (2002). "Unconscious amygdalar fear conditioning in a subset ofchronic fatigue syndrome patients" (PDF). Medical Hypotheses. 59 (6): 727–735.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Practice, Advertising Standards Authority | Committee of Advertising. "Harley Street Solutions Ltd". www.asa.org.uk. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 @jenbrea (February 8, 2018). "I crashed really hard from doing Gupta" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harris, Ana. "My Brain Retraining Story – Ana Harris Writes". Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ↑ World Health Organization. "ICD-10 Version:2016". icd.who.int. Retrieved September 25, 2020. Cite has empty unknown parameter:
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