Useful Publications

Useful ME Publications

Both Oxfordshire support groups, and all the national ME charities have magazines or newsletters. In addition the national groups all produce leaflets and pamphlets that provide helpful information for patients, carers, and health professionals. Some of these can be downloaded for free or purchased at a nominal cost.

OMEGA newsletters contain valuable information on various topics:
Vol. 63. Meditation, mobility, picnics and chocolate (.pdf format, 1.75Mb)
Vol. 64. Nice Guidelines, The Outside Clinic, Asking for help (unavailable at present)
Vol. 65. Children and Young People with CFS/ME (.pdf format, 524Kb)
Vol. 66. Benefits, volunteers and the clinic group (.pdf format, 146Kb)
Vol. 67. ME research, OMEGA AGM (.pdf format, 211Kb)
Vol. 68. Whatever gets you through (.pdf format, 371Kb)
Vol. 69. What is ME? Special Art Edition - April 2010 (.pdf format, 4.33Mb)

Booklets
The first three provide a medical understanding of ME/CFS, and are available from the ME Association.

1. ME/CFS/PVFS: An Exploration of the Key Clinical Issues 2008 by Charles Shepherd and Dr Abhijit. http://www.meassociation.org.uk/content/view/188/115/
2. ME Diagnosis: Delay Harms Health 2005 ME Alliance. http://www.meassociation.org.uk/content/view/188/115/
3. ME/CFS: A clinical Case Definition and Guidelines for Medical Practitioners. An overview of the Canadian Clinical Guidelines 2003 by Dr. Bruce Carruthers and Marjory van der Sande.  http://www.investinme.org/Documents/PDFdocuments/Canadian_ME_Overview_A4....
4. The Action for ME site provide a general introduction and advice on management of ME - including 'All about ME', and 'Pacing for People with ME': All about ME: http://www.afme.org.uk/ -under the link infocentre.

Books
These books were voted the most popular Self Help books (AfME, 2005):

• Living with ME (1999) – Dr Charles Shepherd *
• M.E./Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – A Practical Guide (1998) – Dr Anne McIntyre
• Better Recovery from Viral Illness – Dr. Darrel Ho Yen
• ME and Post Viral States: the saga of Royal Free Disease – Melvin Ramsay*
• M.E. and You – Steve Wilkinson
• Occupational Therapy and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – Diane Cox
• Recovering From M.E. – A Guide to Self-Empowerment – William Collinge
• Shattered – Life with M.E. (2003) – Lynn Mitchell
• Surviving M.E. – Joyce Fox
• Unwind – Dr. Darrel Ho Yen

* available from the ME Association.

Some more recent books include:

• Joyful Recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME (2008) - Sasha Allenby
• Lost Voices – from a Hidden Illness (2008) – Natalie Bolton for Invest in ME

Some of these books are available from the county libraries, or from Omega library.

Links to other OMEGA pages within this site:

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