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==Controversy== Stephen Holgate supported and endorsed the controversial online CBT therapy for children research, the [[FITNET trial]], led by [[Esther Crawley]] in 2016 which got a lot of media promotion. Dr Esther Crawley claimed that many children could be cured by this & professor Holgate called it the type of high quality research we needed more of <ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-37822068 | title = Landmark chronic fatigue trial could treat two-thirds | date = 2016-11-01|work=BBC News|access-date=2021-08-22|language=en-GB}}</ref> Professor Holgate was a cosignatory of the infamous 2012 letter in the Independent<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/ios-letters-emails-online-postings-2-december-2012-8373777.html | title = IoS letters, emails & online postings (2 December 2012) | date = 2012-12-08 | website = The Independent|language=en|access-date=2021-08-24}}</ref> in support of [[Simon Wessely]]’s CFS <nowiki/>work & his receipt of the Maddox prize for bravery in the “controversial” Chronic Fatigue Syndrome field.
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