Music therapy

Music therapy in combination with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been proposed as a potential treatment for chronic fatigue. There is no research on music therapy in addition to CBT for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome.

Evidence
In 2020, a Norwegian group published two papers about the treatment effectiveness of music therapy with CBT for ME/CFS in teenagers.

Criticism
Public health advocate David Tuller contacted the BMJ Paediatrics Open journal to express concern about the publication of a music therapy study for chronic fatigue syndrome, pointing out that the journal's open peer reviews showed that one reviewer had not even read the full manuscript prior to publication, and contacted the study authors to raise a number of key concerns.

Notable studies

 * 2020, Cognitive–behavioural therapy combined with music therapy for chronic fatigue following Epstein-Barr virus infection in adolescents: a feasibility study (Full text)
 * 2020, Music Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Following Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Adolescents (Abstract)

Learn more

 * May 16, 2020 - Trial By Error: More on that Norwegian CBT/Music Therapy Study
 * May 20, 2020 - Trial By Error: More Strangeness with that Norwegian CBT/Music Therapy Study
 * May 20, 2020 - Trial By Error: Norway’s Double Whammy of Fuzzy Science
 * May 22, 2020 - Trial By Error: My Letter to Senior Author of Norway’s CBT-Music Therapy Study
 * May 28, 2020 - Trial by Error: Tack’s Take on BMJ’s CBT-Music Therapy “Feasibility Study”
 * May 28, 2020 - Trial By Error: My Letter to Peer Reviewer of BMJ’s CBT-Music Therapy Paper
 * May 31, 2020 - Trial By Error: Letter to BMJ Paediatrics Open About that CBT-Music Therapy Study