Therapist Effects and the Impact of Early Therapeutic Alliance on Symptomatic Outcome in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• Lucy P. Goldsmith ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lucy P. Goldsmith, Alison J. Wearden

  * E-mail: LPGoldsmith1@gmail.com; L.P.Goldsmith@hud.ac.uk

  Affiliations Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

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• Graham Dunn ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Richard P. Bentall ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Shôn W. Lewis ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Alison J. Wearden

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lucy P. Goldsmith, Alison J. Wearden

  Affiliations Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, School of Psychological Sciences and Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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