On RadioActive Dr. Lenny Jason, a professor of Psychology at DePaul University in Chicago, talked about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and patient engagement.
Lenny, engaged in a dialogue around the IOM recommendation for a name change from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) to “Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease”, as well as the history and development of this illness. Dr. Jason shared with the radio audience the issues surrounding patient exclusion from decision making, the need for a name that makes the disease more legitimate and validating and the potential for Community Psychology to create transformative change in the structures of traditional patient engagement in decisions that impact their everyday lives.
