The malingering issue is a total noise signal  Every disorder in the world including diabetes hypertension and cancer is affected by malingerers who feign illness for financial gain  There is nothing unique about malingering in FM per se but to add it as content in this article only further adds to the stigmatization of the persons whose lives are destroyed by this disorder  Biologically speaking catastrophizing is a much more pertinant issue because it has a demonstrable affect on brain function  What the last several days have demonstrated is that a selfrighteous editor with an axe to grind can wreck havoc on an article by insisting on inserting some factoid that she iscovered that proves her point which at a fundamental level introduces a gross amount of OPINION and EDITORIALIZING while masquereding as good faith editing   In the meantime a great article is now in shambles  SHAME ON YOU