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

See also

• Biopsychosocial model
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Hyperacusis
• Research bias in ME/CFS

cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) - A type of psychotherapy geared toward modifying alleged unhealthy thinking, behaviors or illness beliefs. One of the treatment arms used in the controversial PACE trial.

See cognitive behavioral therapy.

See myalgic encephalomyelitis.

See chronic fatigue syndrome.

BMJ The BMJ (previously the British Medical Journal) is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal.

cognition Thought processes, including attention, reasoning, and memory.

chronic fatigue (CF) - Persistent and abnormal fatigue is a symptom, not an illness. It may be caused by depression, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome or many other illnesses. The term "chronic fatigue" should never be confused with the disease chronic fatigue syndrome.

The BMJ (previously the British Medical Journal) is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal.

BMJ The BMJ (previously the British Medical Journal) is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal.