Rebecca Bird - Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych)

Thesis

Critical Review of the Literature

Background: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a complex disorder characterised by extreme exhaustion not improved with rest (NICE, 2021). Cognitive behavioural models for understanding CFS adopt a Biopsychosocial framework which asserts that cognitive, behavioural, and affective factors perpetuate CFS symptoms and effect treatment outcomes. Purpose: The present review adopted a narrative synthesis ...

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Authors: Bird, R

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-9ed9gpvyb
• Type of award: D.Clin.Psych
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: foster carers; ‘thank you’; transplantation; correspondence; self-efficacy outcomes; recipient; coping styles; secondary traumatic stress; causal attributions; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; writing letters; donor
• Subjects: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Causal Attributions, Self-Efficacy, Outcomes. Transplantation, Writing Letters, ‘Thank you’, Donor, Recipient, Correspondence. Secondary Traumatic Stress, Coping styles, Foster Carers.