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'''Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.''' '''Report of a joint working group of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, Psychiatrists and General Practitioners''' on [[chronic fatigue syndrome]], or the '''Joint Royal Colleges' Report''' is a British report published in 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://shop.rcplondon.ac.uk/products/chronic-fatigue-syndrome| title = Chronic fatigue syndrome | last = Royal College of Physicans | first = | authorlink = Royal College of Physicians | last2 = Royal College of Psychiatrists | first2 = | authorlink2 = Royal College of Psychiatrists| date = 1996 | website = |publisher=RCP|language=en|publication-place=London|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-22 | last3 = Royal College of General Practitioners | authorlink3 = Royal College of General Practitioners}}</ref> == Aim == The report "aimed to provide the information necessary for knowledge-based care and indicate what facilities and services provisions were required for the management of CFS in primary health care."<ref name=":0" /> The report also provided a summary of research and stated that "well-defined research endeavours and clinical trials" were needed for [[chronic fatigue syndrome]].<ref name=":0" /> == Funding == ==Authors== The following working group members authored the report on behalf of the [[Royal College of Physicans]], [[Royal College of Psychiatrists]], and [[Royal College of General Practitioners]]: * Sir [[Richard Bayliss]], Consulting Physician, Westminister Hospital, London * Professor [[Leszek Borysiewicz]], Professor of Medicine, [[University of Wales]] College of Medicine, Cardiff * Professor [[Robert Boyd]], Professor of Paediatrics, [[University of Manchester]] * Professor [[Francis Creed]], Professor of Community Psychiatry, [[University of Manchester]] * Dr [[Anthony David]], Reader in Neuropsychiatry, [[King's College School of Medicine]], London * Sir [[Anthony Dawson]], Consulting Physician, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London * Professor [[Richard Edwards |Richard H T Edwards]], Professor of Medicine, [[University of Liverpool]] * Professor [[Elena Garralda]], Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, [[St Mary's Hospital Medical School]], London * Mr John James Chief Executive, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminister Health Commissioning Agency * Dr [[Sean Lynch]], Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, St James's University Hospital, Leeds * Dr [[Tony Pelosi|Anthony Pelosi]], Consultant Psychiatrist, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride * Dr [[Tim Peto]], Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford * Dr [[Leone Ridsdale]], Senior Lecturer in General Practice, [[Guy's & St Thomas's Medical and Dental School]], London * Dr [[Margaret Thompson]], Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Southampton General Hospital * Dr [[Simon Wessely]], Reader in Psychological Medicine, [[King's College London |King's College School of Medicine]], London * Dr [[Peter White]], Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, [[St Bartholomew's Hospital]], London<ref name=":0" /> == Citation == ''Royal Colleges of Physicians, Psychiatrists and General Practitioners (1996).'' [[:File:1996_UK_Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome_report.pdf |Chronic fatigue syndrome. Report of a joint working group of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, Psychiatrists and General Practitioners.]] CR 54. ==Conclusions== The joint Royal Colleges' report stated that chronic fatigue syndrome was an "the expression of the interplay of physical and psychological factors" and that a "joint medical and psychological approach" was needed.<ref name=":0" /> It also stated that chronic fatigue syndrome affected both young and old people, of any occupation and social class.<ref name=":0" /> ==Criticism== * ==Notable studies == *1996, (revised 2014), Comparison of the American Report for Physicians on CFS with the UK Joint Royal Colleges' Report on CFS<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.margaretwilliams.me/1997/comparison-of-us-report-with-uk-royal-colleges-report-on-cfs.pdf| title = Comparison of the American Report for Physicians on CFS with the UK Joint Royal Colleges' Report on CFS | last = Marshall | first = E | authorlink = Eileen Marshall | last2 = Williams | first2 = M | authorlink2 = Margaret Williams| date = 1996 | website = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=Mar 22, 2019}}</ref> [http://www.margaretwilliams.me/1997/comparison-of-us-report-with-uk-royal-colleges-report-on-cfs.pdf (Full text)] *1996, OBSERVATIONS ON THE JOINT REPORT OF THE UK ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS, PSYCHIATRISTS AND GENERAL PRACTITIONERS ON CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, OCTOBER 1996 / CR 54 / RCP<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.margaretwilliams.me/1996/observations-on-joint-royal-colleges-report-cr54.pdf| title = OBSERVATIONS ON THE JOINT REPORT OF THE UK ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS, PSYCHIATRISTS AND GENERAL PRACTITIONERS ON CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, OCTOBER 1996 / CR 54 / RCP | last = Marshall | first = Eileen | authorlink=Eileen Marshall | last2 = Williams | first2 = Margaret | authorlink2 = Margaret Williams| date = Nov 17, 1996 | website = margaretwilliams.me|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=Mar 22, 2019}}</ref> [http://www.margaretwilliams.me/1996/observations-on-joint-royal-colleges-report-cr54.pdf (Full text)] *2003, THE MENTAL HEALTH MOVEMENT: PERSECUTION OF PATIENTS? A consideration of the role of Professor Simon Wessely and other members of the "Wessely School" in the perception of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) in the UK.Background Briefing for the House of Commons Select Health Committee.<ref name="mentalhealthmovement">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcs-international.org/downloads/009_mental_health_movement.pdf| title = THE MENTAL HEALTH MOVEMENT: PERSECUTION OF PATIENTS? A consideration of the role of Professor Simon Wessely and other members of the "Wessely School" in the perception of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) in the UK. Background Briefing for the House of Commons Select Health Committee. | last=Hooper | first = Malcolm | authorlink=Malcolm Hooper| date = 2003 | website = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-10-15}}</ref> [http://www.mcs-international.org/downloads/009_mental_health_movement.pdf (Full text)] ::The '''tactics of denial''' section includes examples of the misrepresentation of the Joint Royal Colleges' report by members of the [[Wessely school]] * ==Learn more == * [[:File:1996 UK Chronic Fatigue Syndrome report.pdf |Joint Royal Colleges' report on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Full text)]] == See also == * [[Royal College of General Practitioners]] * [[Royal College of Psychiatrists]] * [[Royal College of Physicans]] *[[York Review]] *[[The Mental Health Movement: Persecution of Patients?]] *[[Wessely school]] *[[NHS]] *[[NICE guidelines]] == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Reports]] [[Category:Notable studies]]
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