Trial By Error: My Letter to Peer Reviewer of BMJ ’ s CBT-Music Therapy Paper
I have recently written a few posts–here, here and here–about a study in BMJ Paediatrics Open that appears to be marred by multiple methodological and ethical problems. This is certainly not a one-time occurrence when it comes to BMJ journals. Last week, I sent a letter to the study’s senior author inviting him to send me his response […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 28, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Commentary David Tuller ME/CFS Uncategorized BMJ CBT Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: My Letter to Senior Author of Norway ’ s CBT-Music Therapy Study
By David Tuller, DrPH In the past week, I have written three posts about a Norwegian study of cognitive behavior therapy plus music therapy for adolescents with chronic fatigue after acute Epstein-Barr virus infection–an illness known as mononucleosis in the US and glandular fever in the UK. The corresponding author of the study is Vegard […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 22, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Norway ’ s Double Whammy of Fuzzy Science
By David Tuller, DrPH Norway’s got a double whammy going on. First there’s the group of investigators that seems to have had trouble determining whether their newly published research on CBT and music therapy was an actual randomized trial or merely a feasibility study. (More on that below.) Then we have Dagbladet, a widely read […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 20, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: David Tuller ME/CFS Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: More Strangeness with that Norwegian CBT/Music Therapy Study
By David Tuller, DrPH In a well-designed clinical trial, the protocol, the registration and the statistical analysis plan should complement and not contradict each other. Investigators spend huge amounts of time developing clinical trial protocols. These are road-maps to the project, complete with (hopefully) well thought-out and clearly defined primary and secondary outcomes. These documents have […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 18, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: More on that Norwegian CBT/Music Therapy Study
By David Tuller, DrPH After the debacle with the Lightning Process study, you would think that BMJ would have learned an important lesson—editors and peer-reviewers should scrutinize the background materials for the trials they publish. That’s the best way to prevent selective outcome reporting and ensure that findings are reported as described in the trial […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 16, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Expert Tips Revealed: How to Boost Mental Health in Lockdown
You're reading Expert Tips Revealed: How to Boost Mental Health in Lockdown, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Many of us have our own hacks for managing mental health, but how do they fare in lockdown? In these unprecedented times, we’re all having to adapt to a new way of living, and with that, new ways of managing our wellbeing, too. In these trying times, and with social interaction being largely off limits, it’s important we give our brains that extra bit of love. While experts have been calling...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - May 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Nightingale Tags: featured health and fitness productivity tips psychology self-improvement covid_19 quarantine self improvement Source Type: blogs

A health librarian and music: Johann Sebastian Bach
I discovered Bach ' s organ music as a student, listening on the radio to BBC Radio 3 ' s Choral Evensong (that was the sort of student life I led).  I knew thefamous one but not the rest.  I liked the way the bass often plays the tune, but also that sometimes other parts of the register do.  I liked the patterns as the tune moved up and down the scale and the way that several patterns weave in and out of each other (all those are non-technical descriptions, of course!).  That love of Bach ' s organ music has continued and while working at home in these locked down times, I sometimes list...
Source: Browsing - May 5, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: music Source Type: blogs

Podcast: Inpatient Psychiatric Stays From a Doctor ’ s Perspective
We’ve all heard scary inpatient stories from the psychiatric hospital. Perhaps you have a personal experience that you’d rather forget. In today’s podcast, Gabe asks a psychologist with 25 years of hospital experience the tough questions surrounding psych wards: Why do so many psychiatric inpatients seem to have such unpleasant — or even traumatizing — experiences while there? Are these stories the norm or the exception? For those who have had bad experiences, how can we change things?  Tune in to hear the unique perspective of Dr. David Susman, a licensed clinical psychologist who offers a deeper, ...
Source: World of Psychology - April 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Interview Podcast Psychiatry The Psych Central Show Treatment Source Type: blogs

Music Soothes the Savage Beast of Grief
Joy returned to me six months after my brother’s death. It arrived linking arms with music. The movie Bohemian Rhapsody was in theaters, and my husband and I went on a date night. The film had been in talks for many years, and it was something my brother and I had discussed. We shared a love of music, especially the signature anthem of our youth culture: rock and roll.  The movie soundtrack stirred memories, reminiscences of youth and excitement and invincibility. It was a welcome reprieve from my current state of mourning that included thoughts of aging and despair and vulnerability. I pulled out old CDs and danced th...
Source: World of Psychology - March 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sara Daugherty Tags: Family Grief and Loss Personal American Music Therapy Association Bereavement Cancer grieving Neuroscience Source Type: blogs

A brilliant song about the perils of texting and driving
“Words Kill” is a brilliant song about the perils of texting and driving. Spread the message. Courtesy of The Fever Breakers, a band made up of hospital employees. Their socially conscious songs are crafted in the basement of the hospital using a piano used for cancer patient music therapy and subsequently recorded in a studio.Find jobs at  Careers by KevinMD.com.  Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.  Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
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Music Therapy Can Help Increase the Quality of Life for People Under Hospice Care
Hospice organizations are keenly aware of the soothing power of music. Sometimes the music may be used casually, by the facility or the family, knowing that this is a type of music that the person who is in the dying process had always enjoyed. Increasingly, though, employing trained music therapists has been favored. This type of therapy seems especially helpful with those who are dying from Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Perhaps this is because, in the final stage of dementia, people have usually moved beyond the point where conversation is possible. Read the full article on HealthCentral to learn more about h...
Source: Minding Our Elders - September 26, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs

Psychology Around the Net: July 27, 2019
This week’s Psychology Around the Net brings you a new breakthrough on music therapy, Oregon’s new law surrounding students and mental health days, the psychological effects of watching television, and more! Brains Work in Sync During Music Therapy: New research out of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) demonstrates that, during a music therapy session, the brains of the patient and the therapist become synchronised (say what?!). The study used a procedure called “hyperscanning,” which records the activity of two brains (at the same time). This is the first time researchers have been able to demonstrat...
Source: World of Psychology - July 27, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net Adhd goals Governor Kate Brown mental health days Music Therapy purpose students Success Teenagers Television Work Source Type: blogs

Podcast: Sandy Hook: Community Healing After a Large-Scale Trauma
  Everyone remembers the disturbing images from the Sandy Hook school shooting in December 2012 after a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 first-grade children.  It was traumatic for all of us, but what was it like to actually be a member of that community?  Today’s guest, Melissa Glaser, worked for 20 months as a coordinator for the Newtown Recovery and Resiliency Team, a group of mental health professionals, funded by a Department of Justice grant, who worked in partnership with local recovery providers, community organizations, and town employees to provide services to over 900 people immediately affecte...
Source: World of Psychology - July 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: PTSD The Psych Central Show Trauma Violence and Aggression Source Type: blogs

Benefits of Playing an Instrument for the Brain
You're reading Benefits of Playing an Instrument for the Brain, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Music is something that makes most people really happy. No matter what ethnicity, age or gender you belong to, you certainly love to listen to music. Aside from listening to music, there are other ways on how you can enjoy it. You can take up music lessons and enjoy playing musical instruments. This is something that will not only give you something to do during your free time but can also provide other benefits...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Curtis_Dean Tags: depression happiness meditation better mental health healthy brain music Source Type: blogs

Marking the Journey: The Importance of Ceremony
Photo credit Ahim D. Silva Birth, graduations, marriage, anniversaries, death - important moments in our lives are often celebrated by some type of ceremony. In our middle to late years, we are often encouraged to plan the type of funeral we'd like, even pre-paying so our loved ones won't have to juggle business and grief. Everyone has different ideas about when a ceremony is appropriate, however, I've learned about a new ceremony that I find very appealing.   It's the "Walking You Home" program and it offers a dignified touch and family support immediately after the death of a loved one. Read the full article ...
Source: Minding Our Elders - January 17, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs