Bruce Campbell, Ph.D., is the creator of the CFIDS and Fibromyalgia Self-Help program. A recovered CFS patient, he is a graduate of Stanford University and holds a Ph.D. from the University of California. He has been a consultant to more than a dozen research projects at the Stanford Medical School, including work with David Spiegel's group support research, and work with the Arthritis Self-Help course and the Chronic Disease Self-Management course. He is the author of our course textbook, Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: A Seven-Part Plan. His account of recovery is posted at Recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. A shorter version was published in the magazine of the CFIDS Association of America.