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Im stuck on my essay, can someone help?

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TheDayMyButtWentPsycho · 10/11/2018 13:52

Really simple question actually - just an issue ive never come across before. I can email my lecturers but i know they wont get back to me until Monday and im trying to crack on with it this weekend.

Im researching a subject (medical) that is big in america with positive effects on its patients.

The UK are archaic when it comes to this therapy. There are no books in my uni library on it, there's very few (Im yet to find any) UK academic studies/journal articles in the uni online library.

i need to be able to state this, but i need to back it up.

I cant just say "theres fuck all therapies in UK" I need to be able to back that up. I need an academic to have said it (otherwise, whats to say it isnt just my bad research skills??)

Ive also found a company online who actually do this therapy and they claim to be the only one in the UK that does this therapy.
i want to state this, but thats just words on their website. My son could have written that for them, so I cant back that up either.

Basically- How do I say theres bugger all in the UK and back that up when theres bugger all in the UK to back it up with?

Ive read countless US journal articles on the subject and as of yet, no one has mentioned the fact that theres bugger all in the UK.

Excuse my typos, blabbering and mistakes, Im typing fast on a laptop im not familiar with.

i hope Ive made sense???

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TheDayMyButtWentPsycho · 10/11/2018 14:19

MotorcycleMayhem you have misunderstood every single thing ive said.
i think its probably the way ive delivered it, im writing at 100mph as well as trying to google, research and go through articles.

im gonna carry on my search, thanks for your help so far, all.

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ScabbyBabby · 10/11/2018 14:19

No they have cited the USA academic research though which shows a trend starting over here.

You can't really prove a negative but you can point out the trend and make intelligent predictions on the future from this premise maybe?

MotorcycleMayhem · 10/11/2018 14:21

Then maybe you need to be clearer....

ScabbyBabby · 10/11/2018 14:24

Have you seen the above link?

MortyVicar · 10/11/2018 14:24

But the BAMT is likely to be the most authoritative source on the availability of the therapy, and although it's not peer reviewed it would be acceptable in an essay, just as statistics from MIND would be. They could tell you if the therapy is available, where it can be accessed, and may well be ware of journal articles and current UK research.

The only sources you'd cited so far were an article referencing the Daily Mail and a company who claim to carry out the therapy.

If there aren't any journals that's not your fault, but you can use other reputable sources.

ScabbyBabby · 10/11/2018 14:27

A pilot project run by the Cornwall Music Therapy Trust recently studying music therapy on neonatal. It cites a load of studies (they might not be uk based), but shows how the UK is recognising the therapy and validating the therapy as a useful tool for neonates.

MotorcycleMayhem · 10/11/2018 14:38

The Journal of Music Therapy?

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TheDayMyButtWentPsycho · 10/11/2018 14:40

Then maybe you need to be clearer....
everyone else managed.

morty as far as i can tell BAMT doesnt mention nenoates and the therapies they provide at all. I looked into it and it linked me to some British journal articles but all they did was discuss non-english articles on the subject with no mention of whether the therapies were in the UK at all. Mainly all american based.

Scabby I had a look through that link, it hasnt told me anything I didnt already know about but I did like that nod to the cornwall music therapy! Im going to look into that now. thank you.

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TheDayMyButtWentPsycho · 10/11/2018 14:43

I cant see anything on the cornwall one that links to neonates unfortunately, although i have just skimmed it. I need to go an get my eldest from the skate park so I will have to look properly later.

thanks again for your help.

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ScabbyBabby · 10/11/2018 14:52

It's a study in a neonatal unit, stated clearly in the title. Hope it's helpful anyway. Happy to Google more for you if so.

Lougle · 10/11/2018 15:02

You may want to contact www.chilternmusictherapy.co.uk/services/healthcare/healthcare-acute-neonatal-paediatric Chiltern Music Therapy.

"Chiltern is the UK’s only provider of specialist music therapy services with NICU-MMT qualified therapists for premature infants and families in the neonatal intensive care unit and our services also cover discharge, community and home programmes.

This new and innovative service is based on a growing foundation of research outlining positive outcomes for infants and children as well as parents and caregivers."

They may be able to point you in the direction of the research that their service is based on.

WhateverHappenedToMe · 10/11/2018 15:17

You could try checking the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio to see if there are/have been any clinical trials of this therapy in England.

KnockMeDown · 10/11/2018 15:27

I just googled Music Therapy for premature infants UK, and got lots of interesting hits...

TellItLikeItReallyIs · 10/11/2018 15:34

How do I say theres bugger all in the UK and back that up when theres bugger all in the UK to back it up with?

You just need to state what you have done and that there isn't anything so for example

"Although there is extensive writing on this subject in the USA [footnote with references of books/journals you refer to], the author herein has been unable to find any journal articles or monographs on this subject in the UK at all. [footnote of main refereed journals you searched].

OR

"There is extensive writing on this subject in the USA [footnote with references of books/journals you refer to]. By contrast, it does not appear that there are any journal articles or monographs on this subject in the UK at all. [footnote of main refereed journals you searched].

jimmyhill · 10/11/2018 15:40

OP: help, I'm struggling with my essay, apparently due to a lack of basic research skills

[Some time later]

OP: I'm a shit hot researcher who's read all the literature, how DARE you help me with my academic studies

Flowers to the tutors

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TheDayMyButtWentPsycho · 10/11/2018 15:44

JimmyHill eh?
I haven't said that? I've asked for help and it's been helpful. I've thanked people.

Why would I say "how dare you help me?"

How odd.

Tellithowitreallyis thank you. That's basically the route I've gone down for now.

Knockmedown
Excellent, I'd love to hear all the links to this practice in UK neonatal units. I'd be very grateful because I'm failing so far!

Lougle I've linked to those guys in my essay and I emailed them earlier this afternoon as well. They sound great!

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TheDayMyButtWentPsycho · 10/11/2018 15:46

OP: help, I'm struggling with my essay, apparently due to a lack of basic research skills

Also confused as to how I have no basic research skills?

No one on here has actually found what I've been looking for myself.
So instead they have helped me out on how to word the fact that there is little or no therapies in that area in the UK.
It isn't down to my shit reasearch skills.
It's the fact that it genuinely isn't there.

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TheDayMyButtWentPsycho · 10/11/2018 15:50

Happy to Google more for you if so.
Nice dig there, thank you.

I'm genuinely grateful for those of you who have helped me. I seemed to have hugely rubbed people up the wrong way. I'm not sure how, it certainly wasn't my intention!

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Carbivorous · 10/11/2018 15:50

“An initial literature search reveals few papers that are concerned with X, with none based on a British population.” Or something like that!

jimmyhill · 10/11/2018 15:55

Asking people for help with your essay and then being rude and dismissive to those who offer help but make the wrong assumptions about what you have or haven't already done... that's why you (or more accurately your dreadful attitude) have "rubbed people up the wrong way"

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TheDayMyButtWentPsycho · 10/11/2018 15:59

I have conversed with people on the links they sent. I haven't dismissed them.
I've discussed them.
I've even thanked them.

I was dismissive with motorcycle mayhems really unhelpful post of thats what you're referring to.

And at no point have I said or implied "how DARE you help me with my essay."
You're input is bizarre, honestly.

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TheDayMyButtWentPsycho · 10/11/2018 16:00

*your

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ScabbyBabby · 10/11/2018 16:03

I genuinely wasn't having a dig Op, I actually love googling.

domton · 10/11/2018 16:04

You need to establish that you've researched the main places you'd expect to find it, and it isn't there, and acknowledge at three same time that you may have missed little indications but certainly nothing major, and your argument still stands.

I'd go with something like 'from examination of NICE guidelines, NHS choices and facilities offered by various NHS trusts (etc wherever you would expect to find it), it appears that whilst music therapy is well established in the UK, it's use with premature babies is somewhat overlooked with no trusts or private specialist practitioners offering this service. This also appears to be reflected in the lack of literature around this area of expertise, this in sharp contrast to the widely researched, and readily available papers and research in wider Western Europe and America.'

It's an option. Now I have to get back to mine. Good luck :)