Consensus Documents for ME/CFS and FMS

The Consensus Documents for ME/CFS and FMS, which are the fulfillment of years of lobbying by the National ME/FM Action Network, include clinical definitions and comprehensive, integrative diagnostic and treatment guidelines. 

We are most pleased that The Haworth Press has given us permission to have the Consensus Documents on our website and thank Haworth Press for their generosity.

• Background to the development of the Consensus Documents
  
• Authors of the ME/CFS Consensus Document
  
• Authors of the FMS Consensus Document
  
• ME/CFS Consensus Document
  
• FMS Consensus Document  FMS-Consensus-Document.pdf
  
• FMS Definition Format Correction
  The format of the FMS Definition was published incorrectly in the J of MSP.  It was corrected in the book FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME: A Clinical Case Definition for Practitioners.
  
• Comments/Reviews of the ME/CFS Consensus Document
  
• Comments/Reviews of the FMS Consensus Document
  
• Articles

Overviews of the Consensus Documents

To further assist busy medical practitioners, Dr. Bruce Carruthers, principal author of the ME/CFS Consensus Document and Co-Editor of the FMS Consensus Document, and Marjorie van de Sande, Consensus Coordinator of both the ME/CFS and FMS Consensus Documents, have written and published Overviews of the Consensus Documents independent of any organization. Please click on Overviews in the left menu.

Other Guidelines and Articles for Physicians

• Guidelines for Psychiatrists - Dr. Ellie Stein
  
• CFS - De Meirleir
  Dr. Kenny De Meirleir has kindly given the National ME/FM Action Network permission to post this feature on our website.
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