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== Controversies and criticism == Per Fink has applies the [[biopsychosocial model]] (BPS) to the organic biological disease [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME), using a biopsychosocial approach rather than biomedical treatment. Fink's recommended treatment for ME is [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] (CBT) and [[graded exercise therapy]] (GET), and he claims most people will be cured or significantly better after treatment.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://occupyme.net/2018/10/12/protesting-per-fink/| title = Protesting Per Fink | last = Spotlia | first = Jennie | date = 2018-10-12|work=Occupy M.E.|access-date=2018-11-02|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en-US}}</ref> === Karina Hansen's institutionalization === [[Karina Hansen]] is a [[Denmark|Danish]] woman who became ill with ME as a young adult. An attempt was made to remove Karina from her home in 2012; after this incident, she arranged for her parents to have power of attorney, in case she was declared unfit.<ref name="EliotSmith201604042">{{citation | last1 = Eliot-Smith | first1 = Valerie | authorlink1 = Valerie Eliot-Smith | title = Karina Hansen 4: Timeline, Torture and Tragedy | website = Valerie Eliot-Smith Blog | date = Apr 4, 2016 | url = https://valerieeliotsmith.com/2016/04/04/karina-hansen-4-timeline-torture-tragedy/ }}</ref> On February 12, 2013, Karina Hansen was removed from her home and taken to [[Hammel Neurocenter]].<ref name="MEGlobChron20151025KH2">{{citation | title = Karina Hansen | journal = ME Global Chronicle | page = 6-21 | date = Oct 25, 2015 | url = http://let-me.be/download.php?view.24 }}</ref><ref name="VoicefrShadow20130509">{{citation | title = Karina Hansen is a severely ill Danish patient who was forcibly taken from her home | journal = Voices from the Shadows (website) | date = May 9, 2013 | url = http://voicesfromtheshadowsfilm.co.uk/2013/karina-hansen-is-a-severely-ill-danish-patient-who-was-forcibly-taken-from-her-home-update-may-2013-9th/}}</ref> She was 24 years old. Only months later her sister, a nurse, visited Karina and found her condition had deteriorated to the point that she could no longer speak.<ref name="EliotSmith201604042" /> Per Fink was one of two doctors overseeing her "treatment".<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://occupyme.net/2018/10/12/protesting-per-fink/| title = Protesting Per Fink | last = Spotlia | first = Jennie | date = 2018-10-12|work=Occupy M.E.|access-date=2018-11-02|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en-US}}</ref> In October of 2014, Karina was moved to a nearby rehabilitation center for [[brain]] injury,<ref name="EkstraBladet201502272">{{citation | title = Our daughter was stolen two years ago: Help us, minister | journal = Ekstra Bladet news (Denmark) | date = 27 Feb 2015 | url = http://ekstrabladet.dk/nationen/fik-datter-stjaalet-for-to-aar-siden-hjaelp-os-minister/5461897}}</ref> where she was allowed limited contact with her family. Though she was physically clean and cared-for, she was in a wheelchair and unable to speak clearly. She did not recognize her father at all when he visited her in December of 2015. Although Karina was already very ill when she was taken from her home, at that time she was still able to stand up occasionally and clearly communicate with others. Her current condition represents a frightening deterioration in her physical and mental health, whether from ME-induced [[Nervous system|neurological]] damage, severe over-medication, trauma as a result of her circumstances, or some combination of all three. Though there is no certainty regarding how Karina was treated at [[Hammel Neurocenter]], the recommended treatment for ME in [[Denmark]] consists of CBT, GET, occupational therapy, and psychotropic medications.<ref name="EliotSmith201604042" /> It took a Danish High Court Case to bring Karina back home three-and-a-half years later.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://valerieeliotsmith.com/2016/04/04/karina-hansen-4-timeline-torture-tragedy/| title = Karina Hansen 4: Timeline, Torture and Tragedy | last = Eliot Smith | first = Valerie | date = 2016-04-04|work=valerieeliotsmith|access-date=2018-11-02|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://valerieeliotsmith.com/2018/06/25/karina-hansen-8-the-aftermath-continues/amp/| title = Karina Hansen 8: The Aftermath Continues | last = Eliot Smith | first = Valerie | date = 2018-06-25|work=valerieeliotsmith|access-date=2018-11-02|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2018, Per Fink made a statement on the Aarhus University Hospital website criticizing a media campaign about an unnamed patient that may have been Karina, and claiming that no patient had ever been held at the clinic against their will, and that the Danish parliament had investigated and found no wrongdoing on part of the clinic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.en.auh.dk/departments/the-research-clinic-for-functional-disorders-and-psychosomatics/publications/| title = Publications & news | last = Fink | first = Per | authorlink=Per Fink | date = Oct 17, 2018 | website = en.auh.dk|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-26}}</ref> Aarhus University Hospital had been reported as advising the Hammel Neurocenter where Karina was held, and protests were held outside both clinics.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://dxrevisionwatch.com/tag/me-foreningen-danmark/| title = ME Foreningen Danmark|website =DX Revision Watch|access-date = 2021-02-25}}</ref><ref name="dx2013">{{Cite web|url = https://dxrevisionwatch.com/2013/08/14/media-coverage-karina-hansen-now-detained-six-months-against-her-will-in-hammel-neurocenter-denmark/| title = Media coverage: Karina Hansen now detained six months against her will in Hammel Neurocenter, Denmark | date = Aug 14, 2013|website =DX Revision Watch|access-date = | last = | first = | authorlink = |archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref>
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