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![]() Sick and Tired November 8 1999
Sick and Tired
In 2001 the Broadcasting Standards Commission upheld two complaints against this programme. For the BSC's summary of its findings, click here Panorama reveals the results of an exclusively commissioned survey which shows children are being pressurised into accepting psychological treatment which may, or may not be, appropriate. ME or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is the biggest cause of long term sickness in children and affects up to twenty five thousand youngsters in the UK. It has a range of symptoms including: The Department of Health recognises the illness, but as yet, there is no definitive research on children on its cause, or the best way to treat it - and the medical profession is deeply divided The survey shows that nearly 60 percent of families who responded were told the illness was caused by psychological problems., and a disproportionate number of families were branded with Munchausen's By Proxy Syndrome, a condition in which parents make their children ill or claim they are ill. Click here for more details on the Panorama survey Matthew Hill meets children suffering from this debilitating illness and their parents who face hostility, accusations that they are harming their own children, and, in some cases, the threat of care proceedings because they oppose psychological approaches to treatment.
Others prescribe a radically different method of treatment and believe it's best to allow the child to do as much or little as they feel able to, to have regular rests throughout the day and, in extreme cases, take them out of school and have home tuition instead. They believe pushing a child can damage them.
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Action for M.E - includes special Panorama support information fact sheet.
The Government Working Party on M.E
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