Frank Twisk

Summary

Location: , The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Chronic fatigue syndrome: la bête noire of the Belgian health care system
    Michael Maes
    Maes Clinics, Antwerp, Belgium
    Neuro Endocrinol Lett 30:300-11. 2009
  2. ncbi [Reaction on 'Chronic fatigue syndrome: a psychoneuroimmunological perspective' (1)]
    M Maes
    Tijdschr Psychiatr 51:783-4; author reply 784-6. 2009
  3. ncbi Chronic fatigue syndrome: Harvey and Wessely's (bio)psychosocial model versus a bio(psychosocial) model based on inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways
    Michael Maes
    Maes Clinics TRIA, Piyavate Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
    BMC Med 8:35. 2010
  4. ncbi A review on cognitive behavorial therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) / chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): CBT/GET is not only ineffective and not evidence-based, but also potentially harmful for many patients wit
    Frank N M Twisk
    ME de patiënten Foundation, Limmen, The Netherlands
    Neuro Endocrinol Lett 30:284-99. 2009
  5. ncbi Why myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may kill you: disorders in the inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress (IO&NS) pathways may explain cardiovascular disorders in ME/CFS
    Michael Maes
    Maes Clinics, Wilrijk Antwerp, Belgium
    Neuro Endocrinol Lett 30:677-93. 2009
  6. ncbi Treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a multisystem disease, should target the pathophysiological aberrations (inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways), not the psychosocial "barriers" for a
    Michael Maes
    Patient Educ Couns 80:148-9; author reply 147. 2010
  7. ncbi Letter to the Editor: Plausible explanations for neurocognitive deficits in ME/CFS, aggravation of neurocognitive impairment induced by exertion
    Frank N M Twisk
    Psychol Med 40:1230-1. 2010
  8. ncbi [Graded exercise therapy can have harmful effects]
    Frank N M Twisk
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 131:803. 2011

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Publications8

  1. ncbi Chronic fatigue syndrome: la bête noire of the Belgian health care system
    Michael Maes
    Maes Clinics, Antwerp, Belgium
    Neuro Endocrinol Lett 30:300-11. 2009
    ..Notwithstanding the above, the government and the CFS Centers not only continue this unethical and immoral policy, but also reinforce their use of CBT/GET in patients with ME/CFS treated at those Centers...
  2. ncbi [Reaction on 'Chronic fatigue syndrome: a psychoneuroimmunological perspective' (1)]
    M Maes
    Tijdschr Psychiatr 51:783-4; author reply 784-6. 2009
  3. ncbi Chronic fatigue syndrome: Harvey and Wessely's (bio)psychosocial model versus a bio(psychosocial) model based on inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways
    Michael Maes
    Maes Clinics TRIA, Piyavate Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
    BMC Med 8:35. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi A review on cognitive behavorial therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) / chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): CBT/GET is not only ineffective and not evidence-based, but also potentially harmful for many patients wit
    Frank N M Twisk
    ME de patiënten Foundation, Limmen, The Netherlands
    Neuro Endocrinol Lett 30:284-99. 2009
    ..We conclude that it is unethical to treat patients with ME/CFS with ineffective, non-evidence-based and potentially harmful "rehabilitation therapies", such as CBT/GET...
  5. ncbi Why myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may kill you: disorders in the inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress (IO&NS) pathways may explain cardiovascular disorders in ME/CFS
    Michael Maes
    Maes Clinics, Wilrijk Antwerp, Belgium
    Neuro Endocrinol Lett 30:677-93. 2009
    ..ME/CFS is a multisystemic metabolic-inflammatory disorder. The aberrations in IO&NS pathways may increase the risk for cardiovascular disorders...
  6. ncbi Treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a multisystem disease, should target the pathophysiological aberrations (inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways), not the psychosocial "barriers" for a
    Michael Maes
    Patient Educ Couns 80:148-9; author reply 147. 2010
  7. ncbi Letter to the Editor: Plausible explanations for neurocognitive deficits in ME/CFS, aggravation of neurocognitive impairment induced by exertion
    Frank N M Twisk
    Psychol Med 40:1230-1. 2010
  8. ncbi [Graded exercise therapy can have harmful effects]
    Frank N M Twisk
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 131:803. 2011