Abstract
Forty-six patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) were matched with two control groups: one chosen on the basis of relatively good physical health (N = 92) and the other without regard to physical health (N = 46). All patients were from the same psychiatric practice. The groups were compared on 20 anomalous brain conditions or phenomena (ABCP) used as markers of patterns of brain organization.
The results suggest that psychiatric patients who subsequently develop CFS have a higher number of pre-CFS ABCP, of both childhood and adult onset, than psychiatric patients who have not developed this condition.