The Unrest CME has now expired; however, you can still access our toolkit below.

If you are looking for a current medical education course on this subject, we recommend Diagnosis and Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, worth 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.™. It is a Concise Clinical Review with an associated case-based CME and is available through 9/30/2025.

Unrest remains an excellent tool for advocacy and education, and a Sundance-award-winning documentary on ME and other chronic complex diseases; please consider watching it on Netflix.

To all who have supported the Unrest CME 2018-2021, we thank you!

TOOLKIT

• #MEAction: The Diagnosis & Management of ME (2018)

• #MEAction: Summary of Recent Research (2019)

Additional resources

• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer (2017)

• The National Academy of Medicine’s 2015 Report (“the IOM Report”, 2015)

• International Consensus Criteria (2011)

• Canadian Consensus Criteria clinicians’ guide (2003)

• Canadian Consensus Criteria full document (2003)

• Summary of all current diagnostic criteria on MEpedia

Launch Date:                     09/11/2018

Expiration Date:               09/11/2021

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Indiana University School of Medicine and American Medical Women’s Association. Indiana University School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians

Indiana University School of Medicine designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Workers
Indiana University School of Medicine has been approved by the Indiana Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist and Mental Health Counselor Board to provide Category I Continuing Education program.  This activity qualifies for 2.0 Category I CEU as outlined by the Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board.

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There are no relevant financial relationships with a commercial interest for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity.

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"Riveting … Equal parts medical mystery, science lesson, political advocacy primer and even a love story."

— The San Francisco Chronicle

"Remarkably intimate, deeply edifying and a stirring call to action.”

— Los Angeles Times

“Bracingly inventive and moving”

—   The Guardian

Synopsis

Jennifer Brea's Sundance award-winning documentary, Unrest, is a personal journey from patient to advocate to storyteller. Jennifer is twenty-eight years-old, working on her PhD at Harvard, and months away from marrying the love of her life when a mysterious fever leaves her bedridden. When doctors tell her it's "all in her head," she picks up her camera as an act of defiance and brings us into a hidden world of millions that medicine abandoned.

In this story of love and loss, newlyweds Jennifer and Omar search for answers as they face unexpected obstacles with great heart. Often confined by her illness to the private space of her bed, Jennifer connects with others around the globe. Like a modern-day Odysseus, she travels by Skype into a forgotten community, crafting intimate portraits of four other families suffering similarly. Jennifer Brea's wonderfully honest and humane portrayal asks us to rethink the stigma around an illness that affects millions. Unrest is a vulnerable and eloquent personal documentary that is sure to hit closer to home than many could imagine.