Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010. — 176 p. Recent studies show that music can reach the parts of the human brain that are linked to addiction, and can function as an integral part of recovery. This research-based, practical book demonstrates how music and music therapy can be applied in a variety of treatment settings to bring about therapeutic change. Addictions such as...
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2015. — 269 p. Did you ever ask whether music makes people smart, why a Parkinson patient's gait is improved with marching tunes, and whether Robert Schumann was suffering from schizophrenia or Alzheimer's disease? This broad but comprehensive book deals with history and new discoveries about music and the brain. It provides a multi-disciplinary overview on...
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2015. - 407 p. Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Historical Connections and Perspectives provides a broad and comprehensive discussion of history and new discoveries regarding music and the brain, presenting a multidisciplinary overview on music processing, its effects on brain plasticity, and the healing power of music in neurological and psychiatric...
Sagamore Publishing, Inc. Champaign, Illinois, 2003. — 18 p. The power of music was recognized by the ancients as a means of promoting health and well being. Plato, Pythagoras, and even the apostles in the Bible wrote of the restorative and healing qualities of music. The discipline of music therapy is a modality that harnesses the power of music to effect positive changes in...
California State University, 2007, Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate if using music during instruction would increase the responses of children with autism. Specific objectives for this study included social skills of speech, sharing/turn taking, and eye contact. Six sessions were conducted, three without music and three using music specifically designed to...
Benz A., Therapeutic effects of music therapy on anziety and quality of life for chronically ill adults with mental illness, A research paper submitted to the graduateschool in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the degree - Masters of Science, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, December, 2010, Abstract Mental Illness impacts many individuals, families and...
Jessica Kingsley, 2012. — 256 p. Forensic Music Therapy demonstrates diverse and innovative approaches, which include live, improvised and pre-composed music, from music therapy teams working in secure treatment settings. The book covers clinical development, research, supervision and discussion of institutional and multi-disciplinary team dynamics. It will inform professionals...
Formisano R., Vinicola V., - Active music therapy in the rehabilitation of severe brain injured patients during coma recovery., Article, 4 p. - Active improvised music therapy may offer an adjuvant form of treatment in the early rehabilitation of severe brain-injured patients. Active music therapy consists of musical improvisation between patient and therapist by singing or by...
N.Y.: Springer, 2009. — 351 p. Many different disciplines are analyzing the impact of music today. How and why this ancient cultural asset molds, empowers and makes use of us can only become apparent in a synopsis and exchange involving scientific research. With this perspective as its foundation, the conference "Mozart and Science" extended invitations to the first...
Jacobsen S. - Music therapy assessment and development of parental competences in families where children have experienced emotional neglect, Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., Aalborg University. 2012. Abstract In trying to aid difficulties within social services of assessing families at risk, the thesis sat out to strengthen, further develop, and...
2nd Ed. — Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019. — 562 p. — ISBN10: 1785924273, 13 978-1785924279. Music therapy as an intervention in medical, educational and many other environments has a rich and diverse history of methods, approaches and models. Consolidating the many components of music therapy, this completely updated edition of A Comprehensive Guide to Music Therapy covers...
Kirkland K., Bargiel M., Canadian Journal of Music Therapy, XIII, 2007 The official Journal of the Canadian Association for Music Therapy Special issue: Emerging research - Édition spéciale : recherche en émergence Music therapy is a field of never-ending discoveries, a field that defies simple explanations of why and how it works. If we consider the advice of Csikszentmihalyi...
Lia O., The effects of music therapy on the vocational reabilitation of residents in psychiatric halfway houses, The Florida State University, School of music, 2003 A Thesis submitted to the Department of Music Therapy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music, ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of music therapy...
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, 2004. This thesis explores the various therapeutic effects of vocal improvisation. Vocal improvisation is defined as free vocalization within a context of self-awareness. This study draws from the personal experience of voicework practitioners, participants of an improvisation workshop given by the author and music students at Carleton...
Frontiers Media S.A., 2017. — 170 p. Music is a complex, dynamic stimulus with an un-paralleled ability to stimulate a global network of neural activity involved in attention, emotion, memory, communication, motor co-ordination and cognition. As such, it provides neuroscience with a highly effective tool to develop our understanding of brain function, connectivity and...
Frontiers Media S.A., 2017. — 170 p. Music is a complex, dynamic stimulus with an un-paralleled ability to stimulate a global network of neural activity involved in attention, emotion, memory, communication, motor co-ordination and cognition. As such, it provides neuroscience with a highly effective tool to develop our understanding of brain function, connectivity and...
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, december 2011, 51 p. Mental illnesses is often misunderstood and not managed well in the healthcare system. Treatment for mental illnesses includes multiple medications and therapy. However, most individuals with mental illness are treated at home. Alternative therapy and other interventions may bridge the gap between home treatment and...
St. Georges Hospital Medical School London University, 2009 Vibroacoustic and vibrotactile devices that transmit sound as vibration to the body have developed over the last 15 years, and have been reported anecdotally to produce relaxation and reductions in muscle tone, blood pressure and heart rate. Vibroacoustic (VA) therapy is used in clinical treatment and involves a...
Drexel University, 2007. Abstract Music therapy and other experiential therapies such as the creative arts therapies hold an essential place in trauma work as they can provide an unobtrusive, positive format for debriefing responding personnel. By providing diffusion and creating an atmosphere which is positive, supportive and based on care and concern for the team members,...
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