Neuropsychiatric status of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: an overview.
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is an illness that results in debilitating fatigue as well as rheumatological, infectious, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. The present paper is a brief overview of the neuropsychological and psychiatric research on CFS. Studies from our laboratory contrasting CFS with patients with multiple sclerosis, depression, and healthy controls are detailed. Our hypothesis of neuropsychological impairments in CFS is discussed.
Deluca
J
J
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Department of Research, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, USA.
Johnson
S K
SK
Natelson
B H
BH
D003071:Cognition; D015897:Comorbidity; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D018777:Multiple Chemical Sensitivity / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality