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Psychosocial Factors and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

In: From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 1

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  • Suzan Lewis
  • Cary L. Cooper
  • Derrick Bennett

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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is an illness characterized by a principal symptom of persistent or intermittent, disabling and unexplained fatigue together with a range of other symptoms. The proliferation of labels attached to the condition is symptomatic of the discourse surrounding its aetiology, and even its existence. The term CFS is usually preferred, because it makes no assumptions about aetiology and does not imply a unitary phenomenon. Although some agreement has been reached, at least for research purposes, concerning diagnostic criteria (Sharpe et al. 1991), the aetiology of CFS, as well as its symptomatology, management and prognosis, continue to be a source of controversy.

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  • Suzan Lewis & Cary L. Cooper & Derrick Bennett, 2013. "Psychosocial Factors and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Cary L. Cooper (ed.), From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 1, chapter 8, pages 158-175, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-31065-1_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137310651_8
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