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Brian Hughes

2023-04-20T12:06:48Z

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[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology at the University of Galway, [[Ireland]]. He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Science Advisory Board of [[DecodeME]], a UK-based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. He was a member of the Republic of Ireland's original National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE), and currently a member of the HSE's Clinical Practice Guideline Group for ME/CFS. He is also an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]]. In 2021, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the advocacy group, Doctors With ME.

Hughes's work specialises in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.

He is currently chairing a global research team on behalf of the [https://ipwso.org/ International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)]. He is Associate Editor of the ''International Journal of Psychophysiology<nowiki/>''' '''''<nowiki/>and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board of ''J-STAR: Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety and Resilience.'''<nowiki/>'''''<nowiki/>'' ''From 2014 to 2016 he served as President of the International Stress and Anxiety Research Society. A past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland, he currently sits on the PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee.

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis
* 2023, A Conceptual History of Psychology: The Mind Through Time

==Talks and interviews on ME/CFS==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ZzfZgu8Y4 Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS]''
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVWQljUJBQ 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Why Long Covid (and ME/CFS) Are Not 'Just Anxiety<nowiki>''</nowiki>], produced by Gez Medinger
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzGr81wnwms 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Part 2 - How to Deal With It'], produced by Gez Medinger
* September 2021, Webinar, 'The New NICE Guideline on ME/CFS (2021): How the Paradigm has Shifted', HSC Clinical Education Centre Northern Ireland/Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI
* March 2022, Webinar, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ayxBSsk_M 'The New NICE Guideline for ME/CFS (2021): Following the Science'], Norwegian ME Association
* October 2022, Keynote Lecture, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNV5V7EwODU 'The new NICE guideline for ME/CFS (2021): Following the science'], Annual Conference of the National ME Association of Sweden (Riksförbundet för ME)
* December 2022, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Stigmas Surrounding ME''', [https://shows.acast.com/5ef20662d71d935594d1284c/6396f335504fe90011c32e33 'Leve Med ME' podcast]
* March 2023, Presentation, [https://thesciencebit.net/2023/03/08/where-i-speak-to-colleagues-in-the-swedish-parliament/ 'The new NICE guideline for ME/CFS (2021): Following the science'], Cross-party Seminar on ME, National Parliament of Sweden

==Articles on ME/CFS ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/01/29/beware-the-covid-sceptic-doctors/ Beware the COVID-sceptic doctors]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/02/15/apart-from-the-sampling-ambiguity-weak-measurement-survivor-bias-missing-data-and-lack-of-control-group-the-study-wasnt-that-bad/ Apart from the sampling ambiguity, weak measurement, survivor bias, missing data, and lack of control group, the study wasn’t that bad]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/03/29/off-the-pace-and-not-nice/ Off the PACE and not NICE]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/choo-choo-all-aboard-the-long-covid-gravy-train/ All Aboard the Long COVID gravy train]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/09/some-psychiatrists-still-not-getting-it/ Some psychiatrists still not getting it]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/10/our-response-to-that-controversial-study-on-cbt-outcomes-in-chronic-fatigue-has-now-been-formally-published/ Our response to that controversial study on CBT outcomes in chronic fatigue has now been formally published]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/06/time-to-flatten-the-curve-of-shoddy-covid-scholarship/ Time to flatten the curve of shoddy COVID scholarship]
* 2021, [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532 Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England] (with Graham McPhee et al.), ''Journal of Health Psychology'', ''26''(7), 975-984.
* 2021, [https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210514.425704/full/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons For Long COVID-19 From A Changing Approach To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome] (with Steven Lubet and David Tuller), ''Health Affairs Forefront,'' May 18
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/18/paradigm-lost-lessons-for-long-covid/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons for Long COVID]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/03/is-it-just-me-or-is-the-bmjs-take-on-those-nice-guideline-committee-resignations-maybe-a-little-biased/ Is it just me, or is the BMJ’s take on those NICE guideline committee resignations maybe a little biased?]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/09/how-illnesses-become-psychologised-long-covid-me-and-the-all-in-your-head-cartel/ How illnesses become psychologised: Long COVID, ME, and the ‘All-In-Your-Head’ cartel]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/10/journalists-covering-me-cfs-dont-ask-about-the-new-nice-guideline-ask-about-the-old-one/ Journalists covering ME/CFS: Don’t ask about the new NICE guideline, ask about the old one]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/15/the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs-ten-questions-answered/ The new NICE Guideline for ME/CFS: Ten Questions Answered]
* 2021, [https://www.me-gids.net/nieuwsartikel/de-nieuwe-nice-richtlijn-voor-me-cvs-tien-vragen-beantwoord/ De nieuwe NICE-richtlijn voor ME/cvs: tien vragen beantwoord] (Dutch)
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/22/nicexit-royal-colleges-look-to-take-back-control-of-treatment-standards/ NICEXIT: Royal Colleges look to “take back control” of treatment standards]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/10/24/new-treatment-guideline-same-old-denialism/ New Treatment Guideline, Same Old Denialism]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/10/31/self-styled-medical-leaders-defend-neurolinguistic-processing-as-legit-treatment-for-me-cfs/ Self-styled medical leaders defend “neurolinguistic processing” as legit treatment for ME/CFS]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/11/05/the-problem-may-well-be-that-some-of-our-treatments-are-too-evidence-based/ “The problem may well be that some of our treatments are too evidence based”]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/11/24/psychogenic-me-cfs-turning-the-nostalgia-up-to-eleven/ Psychogenic ME/CFS: Turning the Nostalgia Up to Eleven]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/12/17/will-innumeracy-cause-this-study-to-be-retracted-dont-count-on-it/ Will innumeracy cause this study to be retracted? Don’t count on it…]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/03/19/the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs-2021-following-the-science/ The New NICE Guideline for ME/CFS (2021): Following the Science]
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/05/24/authors-defend-statistical-errors-editor-sees-no-evil/ Authors defend statistical errors, editor sees no evil]
* 2022, [https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/72/4/e1/6590617 Re: 'Chronic fatigue syndrome and occupational status: A retrospective longitudinal study'] (with David Tuller), ''Occupational Medicine'', ''72''(4), e1-e2
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/06/04/cancel-culture-paranoia-and-other-right-wing-hysterics-reveal-medical-conservatisms-true-colours/ ‘Cancel culture’ paranoia and other right-wing hysterics reveal medical conservatism’s true colours]
* 2022, [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13591053211008203 Response to Adamson et al. (2020): ‘Cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: Outcomes from a specialist clinic in the UK’] (with David Tuller), ''Journal of Health Psychology'', ''27''(7), 1783-1789.
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/06/16/medical-haste-covid-19-and-the-mythology-of-medically-unexplained-symptoms/ Medical haste, COVID-19, and the mythology of “Medically Unexplained Symptoms”]
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/10/24/another-look-at-the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs/ Another look at the new NICE guideline for ME/CFS]
* 2022, [https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/145/11/e111/6713530 ‘Psychogenic’ POTS: The NYU team misinterprets association as causation] (with David Tuller et al.), ''Brain'', 145(11), e111-e112.
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/12/19/me-long-covid-and-the-history-of-medical-stigma-podcast/ ME, Long Covid, and the History of Medical Stigma (Podcast)]
* 2023, [https://thesciencebit.net/2023/01/04/me-long-covid-and-the-history-of-medical-stigma-transcript/ ME, Long Covid, and the History of Medical Stigma (Transcript)]
* 2023, [https://thesciencebit.net/2023/01/10/eight-or-more-logical-fallacies-in-that-paper-bemoaning-the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs/ Eight (or more) logical fallacies in that paper bemoaning the new NICE guideline for ME/CFS]
* 2023, [https://thesciencebit.net/2023/03/08/where-i-speak-to-colleagues-in-the-swedish-parliament/ Where I speak to colleagues in the Swedish parliament...]
* 2023, [https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/4/719 The role of psychotherapy in the care of patients with myalgic ecephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome] (with Tilman Grande et al.), ''Medicina'', ''59''(4), 719.

==Online presence==

*[https://mastodon.ie/@b_m_hughes Mastodon]
*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebit.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Web-CV-2021-04.docx Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]
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Brian Hughes

2022-11-23T14:34:52Z

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[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology at the University of Galway, [[Ireland]]. He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Science Advisory Board of [[DecodeME]], a UK-based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. He was also a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive, and is an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]]. In 2021, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the advocacy group, Doctors With ME.

Hughes's work specialises in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.

He is currently chairing a global research team on behalf of the [https://ipwso.org/ International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)]. He is Associate Editor of the ''International Journal of Psychophysiology'<nowiki/>''' '''''<nowiki/>'''and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board of ''J-STAR: Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety and Resilience.'<nowiki/>'''''<nowiki/>'' ''From 2014 to 2016 he served as President of the International Stress and Anxiety Research Society. A past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland, he currently sits on the PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee.

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience
* 2023, A Conceptual History of Psychology: The Mind Through Time

==Talks and interviews on ME/CFS==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ZzfZgu8Y4 Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS]''
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVWQljUJBQ 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Why Long Covid (and ME/CFS) Are Not 'Just Anxiety<nowiki>''</nowiki>], produced by Gez Medinger
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzGr81wnwms 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Part 2 - How to Deal With It'], produced by Gez Medinger
* September 2021, Webinar, 'The New NICE Guideline on ME/CFS (2021): How the Paradigm has Shifted', HSC Clinical Education Centre Northern Ireland/Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI
* March 2022, Webinar, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ayxBSsk_M 'The New NICE Guideline for ME/CFS (2021): Following the Science'], Norwegian ME Association
* October 2022, Keynote Lecture, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNV5V7EwODU 'The new NICE guideline for ME/CFS (2021): Following the science'], Annual Conference of the National ME Association of Sweden (Riksförbundet för ME)

==Articles on ME/CFS ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/01/29/beware-the-covid-sceptic-doctors/ Beware the COVID-sceptic doctors]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/02/15/apart-from-the-sampling-ambiguity-weak-measurement-survivor-bias-missing-data-and-lack-of-control-group-the-study-wasnt-that-bad/ Apart from the sampling ambiguity, weak measurement, survivor bias, missing data, and lack of control group, the study wasn’t that bad]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/03/29/off-the-pace-and-not-nice/ Off the PACE and not NICE]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/choo-choo-all-aboard-the-long-covid-gravy-train/ All Aboard the Long COVID gravy train]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/09/some-psychiatrists-still-not-getting-it/ Some psychiatrists still not getting it]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/10/our-response-to-that-controversial-study-on-cbt-outcomes-in-chronic-fatigue-has-now-been-formally-published/ Our response to that controversial study on CBT outcomes in chronic fatigue has now been formally published]
* 2021, [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13591053211008203 Response to Adamson et al. (2020): ‘Cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: Outcomes from a specialist clinic in the UK’]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/06/time-to-flatten-the-curve-of-shoddy-covid-scholarship/ Time to flatten the curve of shoddy COVID scholarship]
* 2021, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2021, [https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210514.425704/full/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons For Long COVID-19 From A Changing Approach To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome] (with Steven Lubet and David Tuller), ''Health Affairs Forefront''
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/18/paradigm-lost-lessons-for-long-covid/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons for Long COVID]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/03/is-it-just-me-or-is-the-bmjs-take-on-those-nice-guideline-committee-resignations-maybe-a-little-biased/ Is it just me, or is the BMJ’s take on those NICE guideline committee resignations maybe a little biased?]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/09/how-illnesses-become-psychologised-long-covid-me-and-the-all-in-your-head-cartel/ How illnesses become psychologised: Long COVID, ME, and the ‘All-In-Your-Head’ cartel]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/10/journalists-covering-me-cfs-dont-ask-about-the-new-nice-guideline-ask-about-the-old-one/ Journalists covering ME/CFS: Don’t ask about the new NICE guideline, ask about the old one]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/15/the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs-ten-questions-answered/ The new NICE Guideline for ME/CFS: Ten Questions Answered]
* 2021, [https://www.me-gids.net/nieuwsartikel/de-nieuwe-nice-richtlijn-voor-me-cvs-tien-vragen-beantwoord/ De nieuwe NICE-richtlijn voor ME/cvs: tien vragen beantwoord] (Dutch)
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/22/nicexit-royal-colleges-look-to-take-back-control-of-treatment-standards/ NICEXIT: Royal Colleges look to “take back control” of treatment standards]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/10/24/new-treatment-guideline-same-old-denialism/ New Treatment Guideline, Same Old Denialism]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/10/31/self-styled-medical-leaders-defend-neurolinguistic-processing-as-legit-treatment-for-me-cfs/ Self-styled medical leaders defend “neurolinguistic processing” as legit treatment for ME/CFS]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/11/05/the-problem-may-well-be-that-some-of-our-treatments-are-too-evidence-based/ “The problem may well be that some of our treatments are too evidence based”]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/11/24/psychogenic-me-cfs-turning-the-nostalgia-up-to-eleven/ Psychogenic ME/CFS: Turning the Nostalgia Up to Eleven]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/12/17/will-innumeracy-cause-this-study-to-be-retracted-dont-count-on-it/ Will innumeracy cause this study to be retracted? Don’t count on it…]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/03/19/the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs-2021-following-the-science/ The New NICE Guideline for ME/CFS (2021): Following the Science]
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/05/24/authors-defend-statistical-errors-editor-sees-no-evil/ Authors defend statistical errors, editor sees no evil]
* 2022, [https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/72/4/e1/6590617 Re: 'Chronic fatigue syndrome and occupational status: A retrospective longitudinal study'] (with David Tuller), ''Occupational Medicine'', ''72''(4), e1-e2
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/06/04/cancel-culture-paranoia-and-other-right-wing-hysterics-reveal-medical-conservatisms-true-colours/ ‘Cancel culture’ paranoia and other right-wing hysterics reveal medical conservatism’s true colours]
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/06/16/medical-haste-covid-19-and-the-mythology-of-medically-unexplained-symptoms/ Medical haste, COVID-19, and the mythology of “Medically Unexplained Symptoms”]
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/10/24/another-look-at-the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs/ Another look at the new NICE guideline for ME/CFS]
* 2022, [https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/145/11/e111/6713530 ‘Psychogenic’ POTS: The NYU team misinterprets association as causation] (with David Tuller et al.), ''Brain'', 145(11), e111-e112.

==Online presence==

*[https://mastodon.ie/@b_m_hughes Mastodon]
*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebit.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Web-CV-2021-04.docx Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]
<references />

Brian Hughes

2022-06-06T18:27:55Z

Usrname:/* Talks and interviews on ME/CFS */

[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]]. He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Science Advisory Board of [[DecodeME]], a UK-based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. He is also a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive, and an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]]. In 2021, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the advocacy group, Doctors With ME.

Hughes's work specialises in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.

He is currently chairing a global research team on behalf of the [https://ipwso.org/ International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)]. He is Associate Editor of the ''International Journal of Psychophysiology'''' ''and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board of ''J-STAR: Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety and Resilience.'''' ''From 2014 to 2016 he served as President of the International Stress and Anxiety Research Society. A past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland, he currently sits on the PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee.

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience

==Talks and interviews on ME/CFS==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ZzfZgu8Y4 Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS]''
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVWQljUJBQ 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Why Long Covid (and ME/CFS) Are Not 'Just Anxiety<nowiki>''</nowiki>], produced by Gez Medinger
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzGr81wnwms 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Part 2 - How to Deal With It'], produced by Gez Medinger
* September 2021, Webinar, 'The New NICE Guideline on ME/CFS (2021): How the Paradigm has Shifted', HSC Clinical Education Centre Northern Ireland/Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI
* March 2022, Webinar, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ayxBSsk_M 'The New NICE Guideline for ME/CFS (2021): Following the Science'], Norwegian ME Association

==Articles on ME/CFS ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/01/29/beware-the-covid-sceptic-doctors/ Beware the COVID-sceptic doctors]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/02/15/apart-from-the-sampling-ambiguity-weak-measurement-survivor-bias-missing-data-and-lack-of-control-group-the-study-wasnt-that-bad/ Apart from the sampling ambiguity, weak measurement, survivor bias, missing data, and lack of control group, the study wasn’t that bad]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/03/29/off-the-pace-and-not-nice/ Off the PACE and not NICE]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/choo-choo-all-aboard-the-long-covid-gravy-train/ All Aboard the Long COVID gravy train]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/09/some-psychiatrists-still-not-getting-it/ Some psychiatrists still not getting it]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/10/our-response-to-that-controversial-study-on-cbt-outcomes-in-chronic-fatigue-has-now-been-formally-published/ Our response to that controversial study on CBT outcomes in chronic fatigue has now been formally published]
* 2021, [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13591053211008203 Response to Adamson et al. (2020): ‘Cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: Outcomes from a specialist clinic in the UK’]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/06/time-to-flatten-the-curve-of-shoddy-covid-scholarship/ Time to flatten the curve of shoddy COVID scholarship]
* 2021, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2021, [https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210514.425704/full/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons For Long COVID-19 From A Changing Approach To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome] (with Steven Lubet and David Tuller), ''Health Affairs Forefront''
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/18/paradigm-lost-lessons-for-long-covid/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons for Long COVID]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/03/is-it-just-me-or-is-the-bmjs-take-on-those-nice-guideline-committee-resignations-maybe-a-little-biased/ Is it just me, or is the BMJ’s take on those NICE guideline committee resignations maybe a little biased?]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/09/how-illnesses-become-psychologised-long-covid-me-and-the-all-in-your-head-cartel/ How illnesses become psychologised: Long COVID, ME, and the ‘All-In-Your-Head’ cartel]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/10/journalists-covering-me-cfs-dont-ask-about-the-new-nice-guideline-ask-about-the-old-one/ Journalists covering ME/CFS: Don’t ask about the new NICE guideline, ask about the old one]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/15/the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs-ten-questions-answered/ The new NICE Guideline for ME/CFS: Ten Questions Answered]
* 2021, [https://www.me-gids.net/nieuwsartikel/de-nieuwe-nice-richtlijn-voor-me-cvs-tien-vragen-beantwoord/ De nieuwe NICE-richtlijn voor ME/cvs: tien vragen beantwoord] (Dutch)
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/22/nicexit-royal-colleges-look-to-take-back-control-of-treatment-standards/ NICEXIT: Royal Colleges look to “take back control” of treatment standards]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/10/24/new-treatment-guideline-same-old-denialism/ New Treatment Guideline, Same Old Denialism]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/10/31/self-styled-medical-leaders-defend-neurolinguistic-processing-as-legit-treatment-for-me-cfs/ Self-styled medical leaders defend “neurolinguistic processing” as legit treatment for ME/CFS]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/11/05/the-problem-may-well-be-that-some-of-our-treatments-are-too-evidence-based/ “The problem may well be that some of our treatments are too evidence based”]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/11/24/psychogenic-me-cfs-turning-the-nostalgia-up-to-eleven/ Psychogenic ME/CFS: Turning the Nostalgia Up to Eleven]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/12/17/will-innumeracy-cause-this-study-to-be-retracted-dont-count-on-it/ Will innumeracy cause this study to be retracted? Don’t count on it…]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/03/19/the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs-2021-following-the-science/ The New NICE Guideline for ME/CFS (2021): Following the Science]
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/05/24/authors-defend-statistical-errors-editor-sees-no-evil/ Authors defend statistical errors, editor sees no evil]
* 2022, [https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/72/4/e1/6590617 Re: 'Chronic fatigue syndrome and occupational status: A retrospective longitudinal study'] (with David Tuller), ''Occupational Medicine'', ''72''(4), e1-e2
* 2022, [https://thesciencebit.net/2022/06/04/cancel-culture-paranoia-and-other-right-wing-hysterics-reveal-medical-conservatisms-true-colours/ ‘Cancel culture’ paranoia and other right-wing hysterics reveal medical conservatism’s true colours]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebit.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Web-CV-2021-04.docx Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

Brian Hughes

2021-09-23T15:35:25Z

Usrname:/* Articles on ME/CFS */

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[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian Hughes CV, NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Science Advisory Board of [[DecodeME]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.decodeme.org.uk/about-us/|title=DecodeME About Us|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>, a UK-based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. He is also a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive, and an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref> In 2021, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the advocacy group, Doctors With ME.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doctorswith.me/home/about/honorary-fellows/|title=Honorary Fellows|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=Doctors With ME|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>

Hughes's work specialises in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/|title=Staff Profiles - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

He is currently chairing a global research team on behalf of the [https://ipwso.org/ International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipwso.org/how-we-can-help/research/research-on-specialist-services-for-people-with-pws/|title=IPWSO Research|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> He is Associate Editor of the ''International Journal of Psychophysiology''<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Journal of Psychophysiology Editorial Board|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-psychophysiology/editorial-board}}</ref>'' ''and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board of ''J-STAR: Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety and Resilience.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journal.star-society.org/index.php/j-star/about/editorialTeam|title=Editorial Team {{!}} Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience (J-STAR)|website=journal.beta.star-society.org|access-date=2021-01-11|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref>'' ''From 2014 to 2016 he served as President of the International Stress and Anxiety Research Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://star-society.org/officers-of-star/|title=Officers of STAR – Stress and Anxiety Research Society|language=en-US|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> A past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/footer/Past-Presidents|title=Past Presidents {{!}} PSI|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> he currently sits on the PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/about|title=About {{!}} The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes|first=Brian|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews on ME/CFS==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ZzfZgu8Y4 Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS]''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVWQljUJBQ 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Why Long Covid (and ME/CFS) Are Not 'Just Anxiety<nowiki>''</nowiki>], produced by Gez Medinger
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzGr81wnwms 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Part 2 - How to Deal With It'], produced by Gez Medinger
* September 2021, Webinar, 'The New NICE Guideline on ME/CFS (2021): How the Paradigm has Shifted', HSC Clinical Education Centre Northern Ireland/Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI

==Articles on ME/CFS ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/01/29/beware-the-covid-sceptic-doctors/ Beware the COVID-sceptic doctors]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/02/15/apart-from-the-sampling-ambiguity-weak-measurement-survivor-bias-missing-data-and-lack-of-control-group-the-study-wasnt-that-bad/ Apart from the sampling ambiguity, weak measurement, survivor bias, missing data, and lack of control group, the study wasn’t that bad]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/03/29/off-the-pace-and-not-nice/ Off the PACE and not NICE]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/choo-choo-all-aboard-the-long-covid-gravy-train/ All Aboard the Long COVID gravy train]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/09/some-psychiatrists-still-not-getting-it/ Some psychiatrists still not getting it]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/10/our-response-to-that-controversial-study-on-cbt-outcomes-in-chronic-fatigue-has-now-been-formally-published/ Our response to that controversial study on CBT outcomes in chronic fatigue has now been formally published]
* 2021, [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13591053211008203 Response to Adamson et al. (2020): ‘Cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: Outcomes from a specialist clinic in the UK’]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|author-link=Brian Hughes|last2=Tuller|first2=David|author-link2=David Tuller|last3=|first3=|author-link3=|last4=|first4=|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|date=Apr 2021|title=Response to Adamson et al. (2020): ‘Cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: Outcomes from a specialist clinic in the UK’|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13591053211008203|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|volume=|issue=|pages=|doi=10.1177/13591053211008203|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=Apr 2021|quote=|via=}}</ref>
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/06/time-to-flatten-the-curve-of-shoddy-covid-scholarship/ Time to flatten the curve of shoddy COVID scholarship]
* 2021, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2021|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=26|issue=7|pages=975-984|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=|pmc=|pmid=|last5=|first5=|last6=|first6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|access-date=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2021, [https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210514.425704/full/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons For Long COVID-19 From A Changing Approach To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/18/paradigm-lost-lessons-for-long-covid/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons for Long COVID]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/03/is-it-just-me-or-is-the-bmjs-take-on-those-nice-guideline-committee-resignations-maybe-a-little-biased/ Is it just me, or is the BMJ’s take on those NICE guideline committee resignations maybe a little biased?]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/09/how-illnesses-become-psychologised-long-covid-me-and-the-all-in-your-head-cartel/ How illnesses become psychologised: Long COVID, ME, and the ‘All-In-Your-Head’ cartel]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/10/journalists-covering-me-cfs-dont-ask-about-the-new-nice-guideline-ask-about-the-old-one/ Journalists covering ME/CFS: Don’t ask about the new NICE guideline, ask about the old one]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/15/the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs-ten-questions-answered/ The new NICE Guideline for ME/CFS: Ten Questions Answered]
* 2021, [https://www.me-gids.net/nieuwsartikel/de-nieuwe-nice-richtlijn-voor-me-cvs-tien-vragen-beantwoord/ De nieuwe NICE-richtlijn voor ME/cvs: tien vragen beantwoord] (Dutch)
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/22/nicexit-royal-colleges-look-to-take-back-control-of-treatment-standards/ NICEXIT: Royal Colleges look to “take back control” of treatment standards]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebit.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Web-CV-2021-04.docx Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

Brian Hughes

2021-09-23T15:10:01Z

Usrname:/* Articles on ME/CFS */

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[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian Hughes CV, NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Science Advisory Board of [[DecodeME]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.decodeme.org.uk/about-us/|title=DecodeME About Us|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>, a UK-based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. He is also a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive, and an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref> In 2021, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the advocacy group, Doctors With ME.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doctorswith.me/home/about/honorary-fellows/|title=Honorary Fellows|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=Doctors With ME|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>

Hughes's work specialises in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/|title=Staff Profiles - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

He is currently chairing a global research team on behalf of the [https://ipwso.org/ International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipwso.org/how-we-can-help/research/research-on-specialist-services-for-people-with-pws/|title=IPWSO Research|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> He is Associate Editor of the ''International Journal of Psychophysiology''<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Journal of Psychophysiology Editorial Board|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-psychophysiology/editorial-board}}</ref>'' ''and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board of ''J-STAR: Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety and Resilience.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journal.star-society.org/index.php/j-star/about/editorialTeam|title=Editorial Team {{!}} Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience (J-STAR)|website=journal.beta.star-society.org|access-date=2021-01-11|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref>'' ''From 2014 to 2016 he served as President of the International Stress and Anxiety Research Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://star-society.org/officers-of-star/|title=Officers of STAR – Stress and Anxiety Research Society|language=en-US|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> A past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/footer/Past-Presidents|title=Past Presidents {{!}} PSI|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> he currently sits on the PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/about|title=About {{!}} The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes|first=Brian|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews on ME/CFS==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ZzfZgu8Y4 Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS]''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVWQljUJBQ 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Why Long Covid (and ME/CFS) Are Not 'Just Anxiety<nowiki>''</nowiki>], produced by Gez Medinger
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzGr81wnwms 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Part 2 - How to Deal With It'], produced by Gez Medinger
* September 2021, Webinar, 'The New NICE Guideline on ME/CFS (2021): How the Paradigm has Shifted', HSC Clinical Education Centre Northern Ireland/Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI

==Articles on ME/CFS ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/01/29/beware-the-covid-sceptic-doctors/ Beware the COVID-sceptic doctors]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/02/15/apart-from-the-sampling-ambiguity-weak-measurement-survivor-bias-missing-data-and-lack-of-control-group-the-study-wasnt-that-bad/ Apart from the sampling ambiguity, weak measurement, survivor bias, missing data, and lack of control group, the study wasn’t that bad]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/03/29/off-the-pace-and-not-nice/ Off the PACE and not NICE]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/choo-choo-all-aboard-the-long-covid-gravy-train/ All Aboard the Long COVID gravy train]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/09/some-psychiatrists-still-not-getting-it/ Some psychiatrists still not getting it]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/10/our-response-to-that-controversial-study-on-cbt-outcomes-in-chronic-fatigue-has-now-been-formally-published/ Our response to that controversial study on CBT outcomes in chronic fatigue has now been formally published]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/06/time-to-flatten-the-curve-of-shoddy-covid-scholarship/ Time to flatten the curve of shoddy COVID scholarship]
* 2021, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2021|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=26|issue=7|pages=975-984|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=|pmc=|pmid=|last5=|first5=|last6=|first6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|access-date=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2021, [https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210514.425704/full/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons For Long COVID-19 From A Changing Approach To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/18/paradigm-lost-lessons-for-long-covid/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons for Long COVID]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/03/is-it-just-me-or-is-the-bmjs-take-on-those-nice-guideline-committee-resignations-maybe-a-little-biased/ Is it just me, or is the BMJ’s take on those NICE guideline committee resignations maybe a little biased?]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/09/how-illnesses-become-psychologised-long-covid-me-and-the-all-in-your-head-cartel/ How illnesses become psychologised: Long COVID, ME, and the ‘All-In-Your-Head’ cartel]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/10/journalists-covering-me-cfs-dont-ask-about-the-new-nice-guideline-ask-about-the-old-one/ Journalists covering ME/CFS: Don’t ask about the new NICE guideline, ask about the old one]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/15/the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs-ten-questions-answered/ The new NICE Guideline for ME/CFS: Ten Questions Answered]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/22/nicexit-royal-colleges-look-to-take-back-control-of-treatment-standards/ NICEXIT: Royal Colleges look to “take back control” of treatment standards]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebit.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Web-CV-2021-04.docx Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

Brian Hughes

2021-08-15T12:10:58Z

Usrname:/* Talks and interviews on ME/CFS */

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[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian Hughes CV, NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Science Advisory Board of [[DecodeME]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.decodeme.org.uk/about-us/|title=DecodeME About Us|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>, a UK-based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. He is also a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive, and an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref> In 2021, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the advocacy group, Doctors With ME.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doctorswith.me/home/about/honorary-fellows/|title=Honorary Fellows|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=Doctors With ME|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>

Hughes's work specialises in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/|title=Staff Profiles - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

He is currently chairing a global research team on behalf of the [https://ipwso.org/ International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipwso.org/how-we-can-help/research/research-on-specialist-services-for-people-with-pws/|title=IPWSO Research|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> He is Associate Editor of the ''International Journal of Psychophysiology''<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Journal of Psychophysiology Editorial Board|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-psychophysiology/editorial-board}}</ref>'' ''and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board of ''J-STAR: Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety and Resilience.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journal.star-society.org/index.php/j-star/about/editorialTeam|title=Editorial Team {{!}} Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience (J-STAR)|website=journal.beta.star-society.org|access-date=2021-01-11|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref>'' ''From 2014 to 2016 he served as President of the International Stress and Anxiety Research Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://star-society.org/officers-of-star/|title=Officers of STAR – Stress and Anxiety Research Society|language=en-US|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> A past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/footer/Past-Presidents|title=Past Presidents {{!}} PSI|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> he currently sits on the PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/about|title=About {{!}} The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes|first=Brian|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews on ME/CFS==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVWQljUJBQ 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Why Long Covid (and ME/CFS) Are Not 'Just Anxiety<nowiki>''</nowiki>], produced by Gez Medinger
* August 2021, Panel discussion, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzGr81wnwms 'The Psychologisation of Illness | Part 2 - How to Deal With It'], produced by Gez Medinger

==Articles on ME/CFS ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/01/29/beware-the-covid-sceptic-doctors/ Beware the COVID-sceptic doctors]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/02/15/apart-from-the-sampling-ambiguity-weak-measurement-survivor-bias-missing-data-and-lack-of-control-group-the-study-wasnt-that-bad/ Apart from the sampling ambiguity, weak measurement, survivor bias, missing data, and lack of control group, the study wasn’t that bad]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/03/29/off-the-pace-and-not-nice/ Off the PACE and not NICE]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/choo-choo-all-aboard-the-long-covid-gravy-train/ All Aboard the Long COVID gravy train]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/09/some-psychiatrists-still-not-getting-it/ Some psychiatrists still not getting it]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/10/our-response-to-that-controversial-study-on-cbt-outcomes-in-chronic-fatigue-has-now-been-formally-published/ Our response to that controversial study on CBT outcomes in chronic fatigue has now been formally published]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/06/time-to-flatten-the-curve-of-shoddy-covid-scholarship/ Time to flatten the curve of shoddy COVID scholarship]
* 2021, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2021|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=26|issue=7|pages=975-984|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=|pmc=|pmid=|last5=|first5=|last6=|first6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|access-date=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2021, [https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210514.425704/full/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons For Long COVID-19 From A Changing Approach To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/18/paradigm-lost-lessons-for-long-covid/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons for Long COVID]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/03/is-it-just-me-or-is-the-bmjs-take-on-those-nice-guideline-committee-resignations-maybe-a-little-biased/ Is it just me, or is the BMJ’s take on those NICE guideline committee resignations maybe a little biased?]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/09/how-illnesses-become-psychologised-long-covid-me-and-the-all-in-your-head-cartel/ How illnesses become psychologised: Long COVID, ME, and the ‘All-In-Your-Head’ cartel]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/10/journalists-covering-me-cfs-dont-ask-about-the-new-nice-guideline-ask-about-the-old-one/ Journalists covering ME/CFS: Don’t ask about the new NICE guideline, ask about the old one]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebit.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Web-CV-2021-04.docx Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
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[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

Brian Hughes

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[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian Hughes CV, NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Science Advisory Board of [[DecodeME]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.decodeme.org.uk/about-us/|title=DecodeME About Us|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>, a UK-based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. He is also a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive, and an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>

Hughes's work specialises in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/|title=Staff Profiles - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

He is currently chairing a global research team on behalf of the [https://ipwso.org/ International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipwso.org/how-we-can-help/research/research-on-specialist-services-for-people-with-pws/|title=IPWSO Research|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> He is Associate Editor of the ''International Journal of Psychophysiology''<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Journal of Psychophysiology Editorial Board|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-psychophysiology/editorial-board}}</ref>'' ''and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board of ''J-STAR: Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety and Resilience.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journal.star-society.org/index.php/j-star/about/editorialTeam|title=Editorial Team {{!}} Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience (J-STAR)|website=journal.beta.star-society.org|access-date=2021-01-11|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref>'' ''From 2014 to 2016 he served as President of the International Stress and Anxiety Research Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://star-society.org/officers-of-star/|title=Officers of STAR – Stress and Anxiety Research Society|language=en-US|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> A past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/footer/Past-Presidents|title=Past Presidents {{!}} PSI|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> he currently sits on the PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/about|title=About {{!}} The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes|first=Brian|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews on ME/CFS==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs

==Articles on ME/CFS ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/01/29/beware-the-covid-sceptic-doctors/ Beware the COVID-sceptic doctors]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/02/15/apart-from-the-sampling-ambiguity-weak-measurement-survivor-bias-missing-data-and-lack-of-control-group-the-study-wasnt-that-bad/ Apart from the sampling ambiguity, weak measurement, survivor bias, missing data, and lack of control group, the study wasn’t that bad]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/03/29/off-the-pace-and-not-nice/ Off the PACE and not NICE]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/choo-choo-all-aboard-the-long-covid-gravy-train/ All Aboard the Long COVID gravy train]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/09/some-psychiatrists-still-not-getting-it/ Some psychiatrists still not getting it]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/10/our-response-to-that-controversial-study-on-cbt-outcomes-in-chronic-fatigue-has-now-been-formally-published/ Our response to that controversial study on CBT outcomes in chronic fatigue has now been formally published]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/06/time-to-flatten-the-curve-of-shoddy-covid-scholarship/ Time to flatten the curve of shoddy COVID scholarship]
* 2021, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2021|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=26|issue=7|pages=975-984|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=|pmc=|pmid=|last5=|first5=|last6=|first6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|access-date=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2021, [https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210514.425704/full/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons For Long COVID-19 From A Changing Approach To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/05/18/paradigm-lost-lessons-for-long-covid/ Paradigm Lost: Lessons for Long COVID]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebit.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Web-CV-2021-04.docx Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

Brian Hughes

2021-04-14T16:21:59Z

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[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian Hughes CV, NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Science Advisory Board of [[DecodeME]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.decodeme.org.uk/about-us/|title=DecodeME About Us|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>, a UK-based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. He is also a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive, and an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>

Hughes's work specialises in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/|title=Staff Profiles - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

He is currently chairing a global research team on behalf of the [https://ipwso.org/ International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipwso.org/how-we-can-help/research/research-on-specialist-services-for-people-with-pws/|title=IPWSO Research|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> He is Associate Editor of the ''International Journal of Psychophysiology''<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Journal of Psychophysiology Editorial Board|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-psychophysiology/editorial-board}}</ref>'' ''and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board of ''J-STAR: Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety and Resilience.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journal.star-society.org/index.php/j-star/about/editorialTeam|title=Editorial Team {{!}} Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience (J-STAR)|website=journal.beta.star-society.org|access-date=2021-01-11|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref>'' ''From 2014 to 2016 he served as President of the International Stress and Anxiety Research Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://star-society.org/officers-of-star/|title=Officers of STAR – Stress and Anxiety Research Society|language=en-US|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> A past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/footer/Past-Presidents|title=Past Presidents {{!}} PSI|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> he currently sits on the PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/about|title=About {{!}} The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes|first=Brian|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews on ME/CFS==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs

==Articles on ME/CFS ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2019-06-24|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=135910531985453|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/01/29/beware-the-covid-sceptic-doctors/ Beware the COVID-sceptic doctors]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/02/15/apart-from-the-sampling-ambiguity-weak-measurement-survivor-bias-missing-data-and-lack-of-control-group-the-study-wasnt-that-bad/ Apart from the sampling ambiguity, weak measurement, survivor bias, missing data, and lack of control group, the study wasn’t that bad]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/03/29/off-the-pace-and-not-nice/ Off the PACE and not NICE]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/06/choo-choo-all-aboard-the-long-covid-gravy-train/ All Aboard the Long COVID gravy train]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/09/some-psychiatrists-still-not-getting-it/ Some psychiatrists still not getting it]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/04/10/our-response-to-that-controversial-study-on-cbt-outcomes-in-chronic-fatigue-has-now-been-formally-published/ Our response to that controversial study on CBT outcomes in chronic fatigue has now been formally published]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebit.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Web-CV-2021-04.docx Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

Brian Hughes

2021-03-22T19:42:54Z

Usrname:typo

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[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian Hughes CV, NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Science Advisory Board of [[DecodeME]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.decodeme.org.uk/about-us/|title=DecodeME About Us|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>, a UK-based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. He is also a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive, and an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>

Hughes's work specialises in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/|title=Staff Profiles - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

He is currently chairing a global research team on behalf of the [https://ipwso.org/ International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipwso.org/how-we-can-help/research/research-on-specialist-services-for-people-with-pws/|title=IPWSO Research|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> He is Associate Editor of the ''International Journal of Psychophysiology''<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Journal of Psychophysiology Editorial Board|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-psychophysiology/editorial-board}}</ref>'' ''and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board of ''J-STAR: Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety and Resilience.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journal.star-society.org/index.php/j-star/about/editorialTeam|title=Editorial Team {{!}} Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience (J-STAR)|website=journal.beta.star-society.org|access-date=2021-01-11|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref>'' ''From 2014 to 2016 he served as President of the International Stress and Anxiety Research Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://star-society.org/officers-of-star/|title=Officers of STAR – Stress and Anxiety Research Society|language=en-US|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> A past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/footer/Past-Presidents|title=Past Presidents {{!}} PSI|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> he currently sits on the PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/about|title=About {{!}} The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes|first=Brian|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews on ME/CFS==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs

==Articles on ME/CFS ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2019-06-24|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=135910531985453|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/01/29/beware-the-covid-sceptic-doctors/ Beware the COVID-sceptic doctors]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/02/15/apart-from-the-sampling-ambiguity-weak-measurement-survivor-bias-missing-data-and-lack-of-control-group-the-study-wasnt-that-bad/ Apart from the sampling ambiguity, weak measurement, survivor bias, missing data, and lack of control group, the study wasn’t that bad]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

DecodeME

2021-03-22T19:41:06Z

Usrname:Added Group and Board members

<div style="background-color: white; margin:3em">[[File:DecodeME_logo.png|border|frameless|250px|right|class=darkskin|alt=Decode ME logo]]</div>

'''DecodeME''' is a very large UK based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]], in comparison to healthy controls.<ref name="website">{{Cite web|url=https://www.decodeme.org.uk/|title=Get Involved|website=DecodeME|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref> DecodeME is also known as the '''ME/CFS Biomedical Partnership''', and is a collaboration between researchers, people with ME/CFS, their carers and the general public.<ref name="website" />

DecodeME is the largest ever study investigating biological differences in people with ME/CFS, and will look at any genetic factors that may be linked to the [[Causes|causing ME]] and how the illness works.<ref name="Announce25MEGroup">{{Cite web|url=https://25megroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/%C2%A33.2m-funding-for-DecodeME-largest-ever-DNA-study-of-ME.pdf|title=Patients, scientists and advocates celebrate £3.2m funding for DecodeME, the largest ever ME/CFS DNA study |last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=Jun 23, 2020|website=[[25 Percent ME Group|25% ME Group]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref>

==Funding==
It is funded by the £3.2 million from the UK's Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research<ref name="website" /><ref name="Announce25MEGroup" />

== Recruitment ==
DecodeME plans to recruit 20,000 ME/CFS patients, initially from the UK, for a genome-wide association study (GWAS), and compare their data with people in the existing [[UK ME/CFS Biobank]] genetic database.<ref name="Announce25MEGroup" /> Recruitment will begin in 2021, but patients are encouraged to give their contact in advance.<ref name=":0" />

Multiple selection criteria will be used to decide which patients to enrol in the study; patients must meet either the [[Canadian Consensus Criteria]] for ME/CFS, or the broader [[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease|Systemic exertion intolerance disease]] criteria.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.decodeme.org.uk/faqs/|title=Frequently Asked Questions|website=DecodeME|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref> Other criteria include that patients will need to be adults aged at least 16, and will need to have [[post-exertional malaise]].

Patients who ''only'' meet the current UK [[NICE guidelines|NICE diagnostic criteria]], the [[Oxford criteria]] (which has been recommended for retirement), or the [[Fukuda criteria]], and people who have [[idiopathic chronic fatigue]] will not be included.<ref name="website" /><ref name=":0" /> People who have previously recovered will also not be included.<ref name=":0" />

==Partners==
The UK charities involved as partners are [[Action for ME]] and [[Forward-ME]]. The other partners are the [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]], the Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, and the UK's National Institute for Health Research.<ref name="website" />

==Results==

==Criticism==

==Investigators==
*[[Chris Ponting]]

== Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Steering Group ==
* [[Sonya Chowdhury]]
* [[Andy Devereux-Cooke]]
* [[Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar]]
* [[Jim Wilson]]
* [[Emma Northwood]]
* [[Sian Leary]]
* [[Claire Tripp]]

== Management Group ==
* Professor [[Chris Ponting]]
* [[Sonya Chowdhury]]
* [[Andy Devereux-Cooke]]

== Science Advisory Board ==
* Professor [[Stephen Holgate]]
* Professor [[Martin Tobin]]
* Professor [[Julia Newton]]
* Professor [[Brian Hughes]]
* Professor [[Benedicte Alexandra Lie]]

==Publications==
None yet.

==News and articles==
* Jun 2020, [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/23/uk-to-launch-genetic-study-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs UK to launch genetic study of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome] - The Guardian
* Jun 2020, [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-search-for-genetic-clues-kfclg0qh6? Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - search for genetic clues] - The Times
* Jun 2020, [https://25megroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/%C2%A33.2m-funding-for-DecodeME-largest-ever-DNA-study-of-ME.pdf Patients, scientists and advocates celebrate £3.2m funding for DecodeME, the largest ever ME/CFS DNA study] - [[25 Percent ME Group|25% ME Group]]
* Jun 2020, [https://www.meaction.net/2020/06/23/3-2million-granted-for-largest-me-cfs-dna-study-ever/ £3.2 million for largest ME/CFS DNA study ever] - #MEAction
* Jun 2020, [https://www.meresearch.org.uk/decodeme-the-largest-ever-me-cfs-dna-study/ DecodeME – the largest ever ME/CFS DNA study] - ME Research UK

==Online presence==
*[https://www.decodeme.org.uk/ Website]
*[https://www.facebook.com/decodeMEstudy Facebook]
*[https://twitter.com/decodeMEstudy Twitter]

==See also==
*[[Chris Ponting]]
*[[Andrew Devereux-Cooke]]
*[[ME/CFS Gene Study]]

==Learn more==
*[https://www.decodeme.org.uk/faqs/ FAQs - DecodeME]
*[https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/2020/02/using-uk-biobank-data-to-investigate-the-biomolecular-and-genetic-bases-to-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-me-cfs/ UK Biobank genetic and biomolecular ME/CFS study]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Notable studies]]

Brian Hughes

2021-03-22T19:32:16Z

Usrname:Added DecodeME SAB membership and two articles

{{stub}}
[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian Hughes CV, NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of [[DecodeME]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.decodeme.org.uk/about-us/|title=DecodeME About Us|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>, a UK-based study to investigate DNA profiles of people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]. He is also a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive, and an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>

Hughes's work specialises in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, the public understanding of psychology and science, and the application of psychology to social issues. A prominent advocate for scientific psychology, evidence-based policy, and the role of psychology in society, he writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/|title=Staff Profiles - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

He is currently chairing a global research team on behalf of the [https://ipwso.org/ International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipwso.org/how-we-can-help/research/research-on-specialist-services-for-people-with-pws/|title=IPWSO Research|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> He is Associate Editor of the ''International Journal of Psychophysiology''<ref>{{Cite book|title=International Journal of Psychophysiology Editorial Board|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-psychophysiology/editorial-board}}</ref>'' ''and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board of ''J-STAR: Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety and Resilience.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journal.star-society.org/index.php/j-star/about/editorialTeam|title=Editorial Team {{!}} Journal of Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience (J-STAR)|website=journal.beta.star-society.org|access-date=2021-01-11|date=|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref>'' ''From 2014 to 2016 he served as President of the International Stress and Anxiety Research Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://star-society.org/officers-of-star/|title=Officers of STAR – Stress and Anxiety Research Society|language=en-US|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> A past President of the Psychological Society of Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/footer/Past-Presidents|title=Past Presidents {{!}} PSI|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> he currently sits on the PSI's Science and Public Policy Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/about|title=About {{!}} The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)|website=www.psychologicalsociety.ie|language=en|access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes|first=Brian|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews on ME/CFS==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs

==Articles on ME/CFS ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2019-06-24|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=135910531985453|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/01/29/beware-the-covid-sceptic-doctors/ Beware the COVID-sceptic doctors]
* 2021, [https://thesciencebit.net/2021/02/15/apart-from-the-sampling-ambiguity-weak-measurement-survivor-bias-missing-data-and-lack-of-control-group-the-study-wasnt-that-bad/ Apart from the sampling ambiguity, weak measurement, survivor bias, missing data, and lack of control group, the study wasn’t that bad]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

Brian Hughes

2021-01-11T12:42:12Z

Usrname:Expanded bio

Brian Hughes

2021-01-05T19:20:48Z

Usrname:Updated interviews list

{{stub}}
[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/brianhughes/|title=Psychology - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is currently a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive. He is also an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes|first=Brian|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview on ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''', [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast''<nowiki/>'']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* September 2019, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/graded-exercise-therapy/ 'Understanding Graded Exercise Therapy for ME/CFS: The PACE Trial'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />
* February 2020, Interview for the film [https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/ 'Introduction to ME/CFS'], part of the series ''Dialogues for a Neglected Illness'' by Natalie Boulton and Josh Biggs

==Articles ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2019-06-24|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=135910531985453|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]

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==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

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Medical gaslighting

2021-01-05T19:00:33Z

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'''Medical gaslighting''' is term used to describe doctors or medical practitioners who [[Psychologization|blame a patient's illness or symptoms on psychological factors]], or deny a patient's illness entirely, for example wrongly telling patients that they are not sick.<ref name="ABC23Oct2020">{{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=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=2020-10-22|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref><ref name="DamagedIdentities">{{Cite book|title=Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair|pages=29-30|isbn=978-0-8014-8740-8|edition=|volume=|language=en|title-link=|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Damaged_Identities_Narrative_Repair.html?id=EjL9qyGmJF4C|access-date=|date=2001|publisher=Cornell University Press|last=Nelson|first=Hilde Lindemann|author-link=|last2=|first2=|author-link2=|veditors=|others=|doi=|oclc=|quote=|archive-url=|archive-date=|location=|editor-last=|editor-first=|editor1-link=|editor-last2=|editor-first2=|chapter=Narrative Repair: Reclaiming Moral Agency}}</ref><ref name="Vice2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy899x/maya-dusenbery-how-doctors-gaslight-women-doubting-their-own-pain|title=How Doctors Gaslight Women into Doubting Their Own Pain|last=Weiss|first=Suzannah|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=Mar 6, 2018|website=www.vice.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref><ref name="CBT-MVE">{{Cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/MBVanElzakker/status/765678606425198592|title=What #PACEtrial called "CBT" is not normal CBT.|user=MBVanElzakker|last=VanElzakker|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael VanElzakker|date=Aug 16, 2016|quote=What #PACEtrial called "CBT" is not normal CBT. Cancer patients see CBT therapists all the time and are not told, "you're not really sick."|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=Oct 31, 2020}}</ref>
[[File:Gaslight.jpg|alt=Gaslight|thumb]]
'''Gaslighting''' is a form of emotional abuse which involves persistently denying or refusing to accept facts, and frequently leads to the other person doubting their own experiences.<ref name="oed">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/255554|title=gaslight, v.|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=Oxford English Dictionary|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref>

=== Effects ===
[[File:Gaslighting-movie.jpg|alt=Psychological effects of gaslighting|thumb]]
People experiencing gaslighting often begin to question their own reality or may feel "crazy", particularly if the person gaslighting them has greater authority or personal power.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title=The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Injustice|pages=167-174|isbn=978-1-351-81450-8|edition=|volume=|language=en|title-link=|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=VkYlDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA167&dq=+consequences+&ots=CTIKOmp_c2&sig=7zL3GmMHE18y7ezNsfcWG14AfZY&PA167|access-date=|date=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|last=McKinnon|first=Rachel|author-link=|last2=Kidd|first2=Ian James|author-link2=|last3=Medina|first3=José|author-link3=|last4=Pohlhaus|first4=Gaile|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|author-link7=|last8=|first8=|author-link8=|last9=|first9=|author-link9=|veditors=|others=|doi=|oclc=|quote=|archive-url=|archive-date=|location=|editor-last=|editor-first=|editor1-link=|editor-last2=|editor-first2=|chapter=Gaslighting as epistemic injustice}}</ref> Gaslighting almost always involves multiple incidents and is particularly effective if several different people gaslight the same person.<ref name="Childbirth2019">{{Cite book|title=Childbirth, Vulnerability and Law: Exploring Issues of Violence and Control|isbn=978-0-429-81290-3|language=en|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=asuqDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT42&pg=PT31#v=onepage&q&f=true|date=2019|publisher=Routledge|last=Pickles|first=Camilla|last2=Herring|first2=Jonathan}}</ref> Victims of gaslighting may become anxious, develop depression or mental illness, or become increasingly emotional as a result, which makes them more likely to be seen having unreliable or questionable judgement, both by others and themselves, discrediting them further. Gaslighting may result in a loss of trust, and isolation.<ref name=":5" />

Gaslighting by medics is more commonly experienced by certain patient groups, particularly women, and in illnesses which do not yet have a clear diagnostic tests, for example [[ME/CFS]], [[chronic pain]], and [[endometriosis]]. This form of gaslighting may be done either consciously or unconsciously.<ref name="Childbirth2019" />

==ME/CFS==
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People with [[ME/CFS]] typically experience healthcare professionals who dismiss or ignore their health problems,<ref name="Lapp2019">{{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> or attribute their ME/CFS symptoms as coming from a psychological rather than physical cause, leading to inappropriate treatments, such as focusing patients'[[Illness beliefs|"beliefs about the illness"]] rather than medical treatment of the symptoms.<ref name="BleaseGeraghty2016a" /><ref name="McManimen2019" /><ref name="Agardy2017">{{Cite journal|last=Agardy|first=Susanna|author-link=||date=Aug 2017|title=Chronic fatigue syndrome patients have no reason to accept the PACE trial results: Response to Keith J Petrie and John Weinman|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105317715476|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=22|issue=9|pages=1206–1208|doi=10.1177/1359105317715476|issn=1359-1053|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref><ref name="Propaganda">{{Cite web|url=http://www.margaretwilliams.me/2017/power-of-propaganda.pdf|title=The Power of Propaganda?|last=Williams|first=Margaret|authorlink=Margaret Williams|date=Mar 2017|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=Oct 31, 2020}}</ref> Some doctors have also made claims that patients are not ''really'' sick, or have tried to discredit them by suggesting they are exaggerating the extent of their illness.<ref name="SharpeTweet">{{Cite web|url=https://www.virology.ws/2018/11/08/trial-by-error-an-australian-exchange-with-professor-sharpe/|title=Trial By Error: An Australian Exchange with Professor Sharpe|last=Tuller|first=David|authorlink=David Tuller|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=Nov 8, 2018|website=[[Virology blog]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-31}}</ref>

==Blaming patients and carers==
Some health professionals, including doctors, have stated that they believe ME/CFS is a behavioral disorder, and in [[FINE trial|one unsuccessful clinical trial of psychological therapy for severely ill patients]], some nurses blamed patients when the treatment involving behavioral change failed, claiming they were "bastards" who just "don't want to get better".<ref name="parliamentHooperEvidence">{{Cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmhealth/503/503we79.htm|title=Evidence submitted by Professor Malcolm Hooper (NICE 07)|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=March 2007|website=publications.parliament.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-31}}</ref><ref name="Propaganda" /> Some nurses had become totally convinced that the psychological and behavioral treatment would work, and that patients were well enough to be able to follow it, that they appeared to lose sight of the fact they were part of a clinical trial to determine ''if'' the treatments worked.<br />

Some carers of [[Severe and very severe ME|severely ill ME/CFS]] patients have been blamed for "encouraging" patients to remain sick by providing essential care, and told to stop essential care.<ref name="sophia" /> Some parents of severely ill children with ME/CFS found themselves accused of medical neglect or [[Munchausen syndrome by proxy|Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy]] when they declined potentially harmful medical treatment, or the children were labelled as having school phobia rather than a genuine illness when doctors or social workers denied the reality of their illness.<ref name="Colby2017">{{Cite journal|last=Colby|first=J|author-link=Jane Colby|date=Feb 2007|title=Special problems of children with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and the enteroviral link|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1860612/|journal=Journal of Clinical Pathology|volume=60|issue=2|pages=125–128|doi=10.1136/jcp.2006.042606|issn=0021-9746|pmc=1860612|pmid=16935964|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref>

==Forced treatment ==
The belief of some health professionals that ME/CFS is entirely or partly psychological/behavioral in nature has led to some patients, including children, being forcibly admitted to locked psychiatric units in order to force them to participate in treatment that had had previously declined. Concerns over forced treatment of [[Severe and very severe ME|severely ill ME patients]] has led to some charities to produce advise for patients and carers about how to avoid unnecessary and harmful forced psychiatric admission.<ref name="PreventUnnecessarySectioning">{{Cite web|url=https://25megroup.org/download/2527/|title=KNOWLEDGE IN THE HOPE OF PROTECTING M.E. SUFFERERS FROM UNNECESSARY SECTIONING|last2=25% ME Group|first2=|author-link2=25 Percent ME Group|last=The Grace Charity for M.E.|first=|authorlink=The Grace Charity for M.E.|date=Jan 2019|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref> Patients known to have been subjected to inappropriate forced
treatments in psychiatric units include [[Sophia Mirza]], who died of M.E. just a few months after being released,<ref name="sophia">{{Cite web|url=http://www.investinme.org/Article-050%20Sophia%20Wilson%2001.htm|title=The Story of Sophia and M.E.|last=|first=|date=|website=www.investinme.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref name="SophiaAutopsy">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sophiaandme.org.uk/neuropathologicalreport.html|title=Neuropathological Report|last=|first=|date=|website=www.sophiaandme.org.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> and [[Karina Hansen]], who was later found to have been illegally detained.<ref name="Kos">https://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/26/1587112/-Karina-Hansen-is-Finally-Home-sort-of</ref> ME/CFS is not classified as a psychological disorder, so patients typically have this diagnosis removed and are misdiagnosed with a psychiatric diagnosis that includes physical symptoms instead, e.g., [[bodily distress disorder]], [[functional somatic syndrome]], [[medically unexplained symptoms|somitization or conversion disorder]], or in the case of children, the unrecognised diagnosis of [[Pervasive Refusal Syndrome|pervasive refusal syndrome]].<ref name="PreventUnnecessarySectioning" /> The mental illness diagnosis can be used to claim patients are unable to make their own healthcare decisions or are not able to make decisions in their own best interests, which allows doctors to determine their treatment for them. Forced treatments may include [[exercise]], [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] (if patients can still speak), or behavioral approaches like removing disability aids and leaving food out of reach to "motivate" patients to [[Post-exertional malaise|over-exert]] in order to eat.<ref name="PreventUnnecessarySectioning" />

== Call for apologies to patients ==
In 2015, several doctors publicly called for the medical community to apologize to ME/CFS patients for their decades of poor treatment, including [[Jose Montoya|José Montoya]], who was then a specialist doctor and researcher at Stanford University, and [[Charles Shepherd]], medical director of the ME Association, who is also a doctor with ME.

Dr Sarah Myhill has a [[Medical Abuse In ME Sufferers (MAIMES)|long-standing petition]] calling on the UK government to carry out an inquiry into the medical abuse of M.E. patients.<ref name="maimes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/Medical_Abuse_In_ME_Sufferers_(MAIMES)|title=Medical Abuse In ME Sufferers (MAIMES)|last=Myhill|first=Sarah|authorlink=Sarah Myhill|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=www.drmyhill.co.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-31}}</ref>

A number of researchers who promote the [[biopsychosocial model]] of ME/CFS have been described as gaslighting ME/CFS patients and [[Intimidation and bullying of PACE trial critics|intimidating ME/CFS advocates]],<ref name="Propaganda" /><ref name="Tuller20201020" /><ref name="SharpeTweet" /><ref name="Hughes2019">{{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|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=2019-03-21|website=The Science Bit|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref> and research has shown that health professionals routinely suggest or provide inappropriate and harmful treatments,<ref name="BleaseGeraghty2016a" /><ref name="McManimen2019" /> wrongly suggest that a patient's ME/CFS symptoms result only from psychological factors or from a mental health condition such as [[depression]], [[anxiety]], or somatization, or treat patients as if their symptoms are in some way "all in their head"—regardless of the symptoms or history that the patient has.<ref name="McManimen2019" /><ref name="NewtonDisbelief">{{Cite web|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/810602|title=A Narrative Review of the Impact of Disbelief in Chronic Pain|last=Benjamin J.|first=Newton|authorlink=|last2=Southall|first2=Jane L.|authorlink2=|date=2013|website=|pages=161-171|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=|last3=Raphael|first3=Jon H.|last4=Ashford|first4=Robert L.|last5=LeMarchand|first5=Karen|journal=Pain Manag Nurs|volume=14|issue=3}}</ref><ref name="mentalhealthmovement" /><ref name="Disdain" />

==Chronic illnesses ==
Medical gaslighting behavior by health professionals is experienced by patients with certain chronic illnesses, particularly those that also [[Female predominant diseases|disproportionately affect women]], such as [[endometriosis]],<ref name="Vice2018" /> [[chronic pain]],<ref name="NewtonDisbelief" /> [[fibromyalgia]], [[irritable bowel syndrome]], and [[Medically unexplained physical symptoms|medically unexplained symptoms]] (sometimes called persistent physical symptoms).<ref name="Tuller20201020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.virology.ws/2020/10/20/trial-by-error-long-covid-me-cfs-and-medically-unexplained-symptoms/|title=Trial By Error: Some Thoughts on Long-Covid, ME/CFS and MUS|last=Tuller|first=David|authorlink=David Tuller|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=[[Virology blog]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref> People with [[long COVID]] are also reporting gaslighting by medics.<ref name="ABCOct23">{{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=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=2020-10-22|website=ABC News {{!}} Health & Wellbeing|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref><ref name="cnnOct12">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/health/children-coronavirus-long-haulers-wellness/index.html|title=Kids struggle with Covid-19 and its months of aftermath|last=Prior|first=Ryan|authorlink=Ryan Prior|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=Oct 12, 2020|website=CNN|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref>

==Notable studies and publications ==
*2003, [[The Mental Health Movement: Persecution of Patients?|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]]<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.<br>Background Briefing for the House of Commons Select Health Committee.|last=Hooper|first=Malcolm|authorlink=Malcolm Hooper|date=2003|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-10-15}}</ref> - (Full text)

*2008, Obstructions for quality care experienced by patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)—A case study<ref name="Gilje2008">{{Cite journal|last=Gilje|first=Ann Marit|author-link= |last2=Söderlund|first2=Atle|author-link2=|last3=Malterud|first3=Kirsti|author-link3=|date=Oct 2008|title=Obstructions for quality care experienced by patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)—A case study|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0738399108001936|journal=Patient Education and Counseling|language=en|volume=73|issue=1|pages=36–41|doi=10.1016/j.pec.2008.04.001|quote=|via=|pmc=|pmid=|last4=|first4=|last5=|first5=|last6=|first6=|last7=|first7=|last8=|first8=|access-date=|author-link4=|author-link5=|author-link6=}}</ref> [https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0738399108001936 (Abstract)]

*2015, [https://www.wucb.be/pdf/30yearsdisdain.pdf THIRTY YEARS OF DISDAIN: How HHS and A Group of Psychiatrists Buried Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]<ref name="Disdain">{{Cite web|url= https://www.wucb.be/pdf/30yearsdisdain.pdf|title=THIRTY YEARS OF DISDAIN: How HHS and a group of psychiatrists Buried Myalgic Encephalomyelitis|last=Dimmock|first=Mary|authorlink=Mary Dimmock|last2=Lazell-Fairman|first2=Matthew|authorlink2=Matthew Lazell-Fairman|date=Dec 2015|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=Nov 5, 2018}}</ref> - (Full text)

*2016, [https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-in-the-treatment-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-a-narrative-review-on-efficacy-and-informed-consent(987590d0-a62d-473e-8d46-b74b9247e81c).html "Cognitive behavioural therapy in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome: A narrative review on efficacy and informed consent"]<ref name="BleaseGeraghty2016a">{{Cite journal
| last1 = Blease | first1 = Charlotte | authorlink1 = Charlotte Blease
| last2 = Geraghty | first2 = Keith | authorlink2 = Keith Geraghty
| title = Cognitive behavioural therapy in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome: A narrative review on efficacy and informed consent
| type = Journal of Health Psychology
| date = Sep 15, 2016
| doi = 10.1177/1359105316667798
|url = https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105316667798
}}</ref> - (Full text)

*2016, [http://bjgp.org/content/66/649/437 "Chronic fatigue syndrome: is the biopsychosocial model responsible for patient dissatisfaction and harm?"]<ref name="Geraghty,Esmail, 2016">{{Cite journal
| last1 = Geraghty | first1 = Keith | authorlink1 = Keith Geraghty
| last2 = Esmail | first2 = Aneez | authorlink2 =
| title = Chronic fatigue syndrome: is the biopsychosocial model responsible for patient dissatisfaction and harm?
| journal = British Journal of General Practice | volume = 66 | issue =649 | page = 437-438
| date = 1 Aug 2016
| doi = 10.3399/bjgp16X686473
|url = https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X686473
}}
</ref>

* 2017, Epistemic injustice in healthcare encounters: evidence from chronic fatigue syndrome<ref name="Blease2017">{{Cite journal|last=Blease|first=Charlotte|author-link=Charlotte Blease|last2=Carel|first2=Havi|author-link2=|last3=Geraghty|first3=Keith|author-link3=Keith Geraghty|date=2017-08-01|title=Epistemic injustice in healthcare encounters: evidence from chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://jme.bmj.com/content/43/8/549|journal=Journal of Medical Ethics|language=en|volume=43|issue=8|pages=549–557|doi=10.1136/medethics-2016-103691|issn=0306-6800|pmid=27920164|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://jme.bmj.com/content/43/8/549 (Full text)]

*2019, Legitimizing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: indications of change over a decade<ref name="Friedberg2019">{{Cite journal|title=Legitimizing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: indications of change over a decade|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2020.1718292|journal=Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior|date=2020-01-02|issn=2164-1846|pages=24–31|volume=8|issue=1|doi=10.1080/21641846.2020.1718292|first=Fred|last=Friedberg|last2=|first2=|pmc=|pmid=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21641846.2020.1718292 (Abstract)]

*2019, Dismissing chronic illness: A qualitative analysis of negative health care experiences<ref name="McManimen2019">{{Cite journal|last=McManimen|first=Stephanie|author-link=Stephanie McManimen|last2=McClellan|first2=Damani|author-link2=|last3=Stoothoff|first3=Jamie|author-link3=|last4=Gleason|first4=Kristen|author-link4=|last5=Jason|first5=Leonard A.|author-link5=Leonard Jason|date=2019-03-04|title=Dismissing chronic illness: A qualitative analysis of negative health care experiences|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567989/|journal=Health Care for Women International|language=en|volume=40|issue=3|pages=241–258|doi=10.1080/07399332.2018.1521811|issn=0739-9332|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567989/ (Full text)]

==News and articles ==
*2015, [https://meassociation.org.uk/2015/12/its-time-for-doctors-to-apologise-to-their-me-patients-dr-charles-shepherd-in-the-daily-telegraph-7-december-2015/ It's time for doctors to apologise to their ME patients]<ref name="Tele2015">{{Cite web|url
=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/12033810/Its-time-for-doctors-to-apologise-to-their-ME-patients.html|date=Dec 7, 2015|last=Shepherd|first=Charles|author-link=Charles Shepherd|title=It's time for doctors to apologise to their ME patients|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=Oct 31, 2020|website=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|url-access=subscription|layurl=https://meassociation.org.uk/2015/12/its-time-for-doctors-to-apologise-to-their-me-patients-dr-charles-shepherd-in-the-daily-telegraph-7-december-2015/}}</ref> - The Telegraph
*2018, [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/04/memoirs-of-disease-and-disbelief Memoirs of Disease and Disbelief] ''Porochista Khakpour’s deliberately unheroic “Sick” raises questions about what we expect of female patients with chronic illness'' - The New Yorker

==Articles and blogs ==
*[https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy899x/maya-dusenbery-how-doctors-gaslight-women-doubting-their-own-pain How doctors gaslight women into doubting their own pain] - VICE
* [https://www.ajourneythroughthefog.co.uk/2019/11/have-you-been-a-victim-of-medical-gaslighting/ Have You Been A Victim Of Medical Gaslighting?] - [[Jo Moss]]
* [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*] - psychologist [[Brian Hughes]]
*[https://www.virology.ws/2020/10/20/trial-by-error-long-covid-me-cfs-and-medically-unexplained-symptoms/ Trial By Error: Some Thoughts on Long-Covid, ME/CFS and MUS] - [[David Tuller]]

==Learn more ==
*[https://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-community/health-care-policy/article/when-medical-symptoms-are-dismissed-all-your-head '''EXPERT Q&A''' When Medical Symptoms Are Dismissed as 'All in Your Head'] - [[David Tuller]]
* [https://rsds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/NarrativeReviewof_ImpactofDisbeliefinChronicPain.pdf A Narrative Review of the Impact of Disbelief in Chronic Pain (2013)]

==See also ==
*[[Ethical issues]]
*[[The Mental Health Movement: Persecution of Patients?]]
*[[Medical Abuse In ME Sufferers (MAIMES)]]
*[[Cognitive behavioral therapy]]

==References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Ethics]]

Brian Hughes

2021-01-05T18:56:29Z

Usrname:Updated articles and interviews

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[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/brianhughes/|title=Psychology - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is currently a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive. He is also an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes|first=Brian|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Interview, 'Medical Error Interviews' podcast, on [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/07/psychology-in-crisis-my-interview-with-the-medical-error-podcast/ ''<nowiki/>'Psychology in Crisis''']
* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />

==Articles ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/02/07/the-hra-report-does-not-exonerate-the-pace-trial-it-merely-confirms-that-its-research-ethics-approval-was-in-order/ The HRA report does not exonerate the PACE trial, it merely confirms that its Research Ethics approval was in order]
* 2019, [https://thesciencebit.net/2019/09/11/my-letter-to-the-bmj-regarding-their-lax-editorial-approach-to-bogus-therapy-paper/ The BMJ’s ambiguous editorial commitment to scientific rigour]
* 2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2019-06-24|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=135910531985453|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2019, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2111.html Het HRA-rapport spreekt de PACE-studie niet vrij: Het bevestigt enkel dat de REC-goedkeuring in orde was] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://www.me-gids.net/module-ME_CVS_docs-viewpub-tid-1-pid-2350.html Postcovidsyndroom, Myalgische Encefalomyelitis en de steeds terugkerende pseudowetenschap van de massahysterie] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]
* 2020, [https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/sites/default/files/documenten/No%20More%20Mr%20NICE%20Guy%E2%80%A6.pdf No More Mr NICE Guy...] (Dutch)
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/19/expert-reaction-to-the-bmj-editorial-calling-for-the-abandonment-of-standards/ Expert reaction to the BMJ editorial calling for the abandonment of standards]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/12/22/letter-to-the-bmj/ Letter to the BMJ]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[ME activists and advocates]]
* [[Ireland]]
* [[Ethical issues]]
* [[Medical gaslighting]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

Brian Hughes

2020-12-10T17:33:42Z

Usrname:/* Articles */

{{stub}}
[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/brianhughes/|title=Psychology - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England.<ref name=":0" /> He is currently a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive. He is also an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes|first=Brian|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />

==Articles ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2019-06-24|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=135910531985453|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/08/27/two-takes-on-the-expensive-unproven-and-childishly-named-quackery-known-as-the-lightning-process/ Two takes on the expensive, unproven, and childishly-named quackery known as the Lightning Process]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/10/could-this-actually-be-happening/ Could this actually be happening?]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/11/21/no-more-mr-nice-guy/ No More Mr NICE Guy…]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ScienceBitBlog Blog Facebook page]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[Ireland]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

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[[File:BH2020.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Brian Hughes]]
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/brianhughes/|title=Psychology - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England<ref name=":0" />. He is currently a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive. He is also an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Relevant Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>
* 2016, Rethinking Psychology: Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking psychology : good science, bad science, pseudoscience|isbn=978-1-137-30394-3|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/935784520|last=Hughes, Brian, 1971-|oclc=935784520|location=London}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />

==Articles ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2019-06-24|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=135910531985453|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[Ireland]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

File:BH2020.jpg

2020-09-02T11:04:24Z

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Brian Hughes

2020-08-29T17:23:18Z

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{{stub}}
'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/brianhughes/|title=Psychology - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England<ref name=":0" />. He is currently a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive. He is also an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />

==Articles ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2019-06-24|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=135910531985453|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]
* [[Ireland]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]

Ireland

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[[File:Ireland_flag.svg.png|320px|right|thumb|'''Ireland''']]

==Research==

==Researchers==

*[[John Cullinan]]
*[[Brian Hughes]]

==Medical guidelines==

===National health department===

===Guidelines===
The [[CBT]]/[[GET]] ([[NICE]]) guidelines were removed from the HSE website in April 2017. Link https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/az/c/cfs/

==Social security and disability benefits==

==Access to care==

The [[Health Service Executive]] (HSE) issued the [[International Consensus Criteria]] (ICC) to all neurologists in Ireland in April 2018.

==Patient groups==

*[[Irish ME Trust]]
*[[Irish ME/CFS Association]]

==Notable patients==

*[[Tom Kindlon]]

==Links==

==See also==

*[[EUROMENE]]

[[Category:Countries]]
[[Category:Europe]]
[[Category:Ireland]]

== References ==

Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland

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[[File:Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland logo.jpg|right|thumb]]

'''Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI''' is a Northern Irish charity currently campaigning for a consultant physician led clinic for the estimated 7000 [[Myalgic encephalomyelitis]] patients in Northern Ireland. Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland is based in Newry, [[Northern Ireland]], [[United Kingdom|UK]].

==Aims==

==Services==
The support group meets in the Mourne Country Hotel, Newry, Co Down at 7pm on the first Tuesday of every month.

==Notable people==
* Joan McParland - Founder

===Patrons===
*[[Margaret of Mar|Countess of Mar]]
*Dr. [[Anne MacIntyre]]
*Dr. [[Nigel Speight]]

===Advisors===
*Dr. [[William Weir|William R C Weir]] (Medical Advisor)
*Dr. [[Vance Spence]] (Scientific Advisor)
*Prof. [[Brian Hughes]] (Scientific Advisor)[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461]

==Research/Notable studies==

==History==

==Funding==

==Interviews and articles==
*2018, [https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2018/05/the-irish-news-hope-for-me-co-down-womans-campaign-for-the-thousands-living-with-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-02-may-2018/ The Irish News: Hope for ME: Co Down woman’s campaign for the thousands living with chronic fatigue syndrome] - The Irish News via the ME Association

==Online presence==
*[http://hope4mefibro.org/ Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Website]
*[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/ Facebook]
*[https://twitter.com/hope4mefibroni?lang=en Twitter]

==Learn more==

==See also==
*[[United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Patient groups]]
[[Category:British patient groups]]
[[Category:Northern Irish patient groups]]

Brian Hughes

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'''Brian M. Hughes''', Ph.D., is a specialist in stress psychophysiology and a Professor of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, [[Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/brianhughes/|title=Psychology - NUI Galway|website=www.nuigalway.ie|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> He has written methodological critiques of the PACE Trial and other ME research, as well as conducting empirical research on treatment harm in National Health Service specialist ME centres in England<ref name=":0" />. He is currently a member of the Republic of Ireland's National Working Group on ME, administered by Ireland's Health Service Executive. He is also an Advisor to the Northern Irish charity, [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/posts/3150990041626461|title=Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland - Announcements Page|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>

== Education ==
* 1993, B.A. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 1998, Ph.D. degree in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway<ref name=":1" />
* 2009, Ed.M. degree in Science Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, US<ref name=":1" />

== Books ==
* 2018, Psychology in Crisis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027144538|title=Psychology in crisis|last=Hughes|first=Brian M.|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=1352003007|editor-link=|location=London|pages=|chapter=|oclc=1027144538|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>

==Talks and interviews==
* October 2018, Invited lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI, Newry, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''[https://www.facebook.com/Hope4MEFibro/videos/vb.1003993319659488/549092118889078/?type=2&theater The PACE Trial and Psychology’s Crisis]''<ref name=":1" />

* September 2019, Keynote Lecture, Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Speech title: ''Off the PACE and not NICE: Challenges facing evidence-based practice in ME/CFS''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf|title=Brian M. Hughes CV|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
* October 2019, Keynote Lecture, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group Autumn Conference, Sheffield, UK; Speech title: ''[https://youtu.be/NgMYNKE2wes Controversies and cock-ups in ME research: The role of human failings]''<ref name=":1" />

==Articles ==

* 2018, [https://thesciencebit.net/2018/11/03/the-triumph-of-eminence-based-medicine/ The triumph of eminence-based medicine]

* 2019, [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/ If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you*]

* 2019, Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McPhee|first=Graham|author-link=Graham McPhee|last2=Baldwin|first2=Adrian|author-link2=|last3=Kindlon|first3=Tom|author-link3=Tom Kindlon|last4=Hughes|first4=Brian M|author-link4=Brian Hughes|author-link5=|author-link6=|date=2019-06-24|title=Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1359105319854532|journal=Journal of Health Psychology|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=135910531985453|doi=10.1177/1359105319854532|issn=1359-1053|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31234662|(Abstract)]]
* 2020, [https://thesciencebit.net/2020/07/27/post-covid-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-and-the-recurring-pseudoscience-of-mass-hysteria/ Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria]

==Online presence==

*[http://www.twitter.com/b_m_hughes Twitter]

*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/psychology/staff-list/brianhughes/ Website]

*[https://thesciencebit.net/ Blog]

==See also==
* [[PACE trial|PACE Trial]]
* [[Hope 4 ME and Fibro Northern Ireland|Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland]]

==Learn more==
* [https://thesciencebitdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/web-cv-current.pdf Curriculum Vitae]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Advocates or allies]]
[[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]]
[[Category:PACE trial critics]]
[[Category:Irish advocates or allies]]