Professor Trudie Chalder
PhD, MSc, SRN, RMN, Cert in Beh Psychotherapy
Director, Chronic Fatigue Service |Professor
Professor Chalder is the director of the Chronic Fatigue Service as well as a professor of cognitive behavioural psychotherapy with the Department of Psychological Medicine, at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
Other roles
Professor Chalder gives national and international lectures on CFS. She has been closely involved in developing and evaluating treatments for adolescents and adults with CFS. These studies have contributed to recommendations made in the NICE guidelines.
Professor Chalder has also taken part in international collaborations with Professor Hege Erikson (Norway) and Dr John Wells (Ireland).
Background
Professor Chalder qualified as a registered general nurse in 1981 at Grimsby General Hospital. In 1984, she completed her registered mental nurse training at Tooting Bec Hospital, London. She completed her Master of Science (MSc) in 1990 at City University in London. In 1998, she went onto complete her PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
Research
Professor Chalder’s research interests are focused on developing cognitive behavioural models and treatments for medically unexplained symptoms and symptoms related to chronic disease.
Publications
Kennedy T, Chalder T, McCrone P, Darnley S, Knapp M, Jones RH & Wessely S. (2006) Cognitive behavioural therapy in addition to antispasmodic therapy for irritable bowel syndrome in primary care: randomised controlled trial. Health Technology Assessment. (2006) vol 10; no 19.
Kennedy T, Jones R, Darnley S, Rabe-Hesketh S, Simon Wessely, Chalder T. (2006) Cognitive behaviour therapy versus antispasmodic therapy for irritable bowel syndrome in primary care: a randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal . 331. 435.
Fisher L, Cairns H.S, Amir-Ansari B, Scoble J.E, Chalder T, Treasure J. (2006) Case report: Psychological intervention in fluid management. Palliative and Supportive care. 4; 419-424.
Caseras X, Mataix-Cols D, Giampietro V, Rimes KA, Brammer M, Zelaya F, Chalder T, Godfrey EL. (2006) Probing the working memory system in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An fMRI study using the n-back task. Psycho-somatic Medicine. 68; 947-955.
Godfrey E, Chalder T, Ogden J, Ridsdale L. (2007) Investigating the “active ingredients” of cognitive behaviour therapy and counselling for patients with chronic fatigue in primary care; developing a new process measure to assess treatment fidelity and predict outcome. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 46; 3; 253-272.
Husain K, Browne T, Chalder T. (2007) A review of psychological models and interventions for medically unexplained somatic symptoms in children. Child Adolescent and Mental Health. 12, 1, 2-7.
Quarmby L, Rimes K, Deale A, Wessely S. & Chalder T. (2007) Outcome of cognitive behaviour therapy for adults with chronic fatigue syndrome in routine clinical practice. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 45; 1085-1094.
Rimes K, Goodman R, Hotopf M, Wessely S, Meltzer H, Chalder T. (2007) Incidence, prognosis and risk factors for fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome in adolescents: prospective community study. Paediatrics. 119; 3, 603-609.
Hyong J.C, da Costa E, Menezes P.R, Chalder T, Bhugra D, Wessely S. (2007) Cross cultural validation of the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire in Brazilian Primary Care. Journal of Psycho-somatic Research. 62; 301-304.
Iverson A, Chalder T, Wessely S. Gulf War: Lessons from Medically Unexplained Symptoms. (2007) Clinical Psychology Review. 27; 842-854.
Deary V, Chalder T, Sharpe M. (2007) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Medically Unexplained Symptoms: A Theoretical and Empirical Review. Clinical Psychology Review. 27; 781-797.
Martin A, Chalder T, Rief W, Braeler E. (2007) The relationship between chronic fatigue and somatisation syndrome: a general population survey. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 63; 147-156.
Ismail K, Winkley K, Stahl D, Chalder T, Edmonds M. (2007) A cohort study of people with diabetes and their first foot ulcer. The role of depression on mortality. Diabetes Care. 30; 6; 1473-1479.
Winkley, K., Stahl, D., Chalder, T., Edmonds, M. and Ismail K. (2007) Risk factors associated with adverse outcomes in a population-based prospective cohort study of people with their first diabetic foot ulcer. Journal of Diabetes Complications. 21: 341-349.
Armes J, Chalder T, Richardson A, Addington Hall J, Hotopf M . (2007) A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief behaviourally oriented intervention for cancer related fatigue. Cancer. 110; 6; 1385-1395.
Van Kessel K, Moss-Morris R, Willoughby E, Chalder T, Johnson M, Robinson E. (2008) A randomised controlled trial of cognitive behaviour therapy for multiple sclerosis fatigue. Psychosomatic Medicine. 70; 205-213.
McCrone P, Knapp M, Kennedy T, Darnley S, Seed P, Jones R. Chalder T. (2008) Cost-Effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Addition to Mebeverine for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. European Journal of Gastrology and Hepatology. 20; 255-263.
Roberts ADL, Papadopoulos AS, Wessely S, Chalder T & Cleare AJ. (2008) Salivary Cortisol output before and after cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Affective Disorders.
Deary V & Chalder T. (2008) Personality and Perfectionism in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A closer look. In press.
Caseras X, Mataix-Cols D, Giampietro V, Rimes KA, Brammer M, Zelaya F, Chalder T, Godfrey EL. (2008) The neural correlates of fatigue: A fatigue provocation study in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Psychological Medicine. 38; 1-11.
Books:
Chalder T. (1995) Coping with Chronic Fatigue. Sheldon Press. London.
Chalder T & Hussain K. (2002) Self help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. A guide for young people. Blue Stallion Publication. Oxon.
Burgess M & Chalder T. (2005) Overcoming Chronic fatigue. Constable & Robinson. London.
