Psychiatry Investig. 2008 Dec;5(4):209-12. Epub 2008 Dec 31.

Treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome: findings, principles and strategies.

Luyten P, Van Houdenhove B, Pae CU, Kempke S, Van Wambeke P.

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Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating condition characterized by serious medically unexplained mental and physical fatigue. The high prevalence and both direct and indirect health costs of CFS patients represent a huge problem for contemporary health care. Moreover, the prognosis of CFS, even when treated, is often poor. In this paper, we first critically review current evidence based treatments of CFS. Second, we discuss the growing insights into the etiopathogenesis of CFS, and the need to translate and integrate these insights into future treatments. In particular, we formulate a pragmatic and empirically testable treatment approach, tailored to the individual needs of patients, which aims at restoring the mental and physical equilibrium of CFS patients by trying to bring about sustained life style changes.

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