Wat een fijn geluid van haar.
Kan Dr. Goudsmit niet met de richtlijncommissie praten ? Zij zou zo kunnen helpen als er eens een kritisch tegengeluid uit het eigen vakgebied kwam. (ze studeerde experimentele psychologie)
zie hieronder haar biografie.
http://www.uel.ac.uk/psychology/staff/ellengoudsmit/
Brief biography
Ellen Goudsmit studied experimental psychology at the University of Reading, gaining her BA in 1976. She then returned to her native Amsterdam to study psychophysiology with the aim of specialising in endocrinology. As part of her doctoraal degree, she spent several months at Leiden University Medical School examining the variables influencing ovulation. Her dissertation was based on a study of the relationship between hormones and premenstrual syndrome conducted at the Department of Gynaecology, St. Thomas's Hospital. Ellen then began a second doctoraal course, in clinical psychology/psychotherapy, (1979–1980).
Her interest in the psychological aspects of medical conditions resulted in several studies investigating the experiences and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis/post-viral syndrome. She was awarded a PhD in Health Psychology at Brunel University (1989–1996). Throughout this time, she also worked as a freelance medical journalist and advised various health charities, including the National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome, Association for Post-Natal Illness, and ME Action (now known as AFME). Ellen was appointed Visiting Research Fellow at UEL in 2008.
During the 1980s, Ellen wrote many articles to increase awareness of conditions such as premenstrual syndrome, post-natal depression, bulimia and myalgic encephalomyelitis. She also devised a strategy which could be used by ME patients to manage their limited energy (pacing) and introduced the concept of psychologisation.
Ellen has collaborated with Professor Dancey on a number of projects, including the development of new research criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis. She was the first disabled psychologist to be elected Fellow of the British Psychological Society.