Date sent: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 connie Air Mail letter received from WHO - Geneva Hi Folks, Due to the recent, insufficient modifications made to the "WHO Guide to Mental Health in Primary Care," URL http://www.psychiatry.ox.ac.uk/cebmh/whoguidemhpcuk/index.html I felt the following letter I received from the WHO Headquarters in Geneva may be of interest. Connie Nelson. WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION CH-1211 GENEVA 27 - SWITZERLAND Tel: (+41 22 ) 791 21 11 FACSIMILE: (+41 22 ) 791 31 11 http://www.who.int Direct Facsimile: 791 4328 To: Ms Connie Nelson From: A.C.P. L'Hours 17 September 2001 Dear Ms Nelson, Your facsimile of 12 September to the Director-General has been passed to me for reply. The information posted on the website in question has recently been modified on the basis of advice provided by the Classification, Assessment, Surveys and Terminology Team here at WHO Headquarters. You will see that there is now a clear distinction between chronic fatigue, fatigue syndrome and neurasthenia on the one hand and chronic fatigue syndrome and ME on the other. Yours sincerely, Andre' L'Hours, Technical Officer, Classification, Assessment, Surveys and Terminology (CAS) Evidence for health Policy (GPE)