Music Therapy Strategies for Wellness

A revolution in healthcare, known as integrative health, is supporting the use of nontraditional treatments that take into account the needs and capacities of the whole person. Music therapy is supported by a growing body of evidence in favor of improved psychosocial, physical, neurological, emotional, and spiritual outcomes, in addition to quality of life, and its interventions serve individuals at home, in hospital, and wherever they might need a coping strategy.People encountering everyday stress, others with life-threatening or painful conditions, and anyone else open to self-discovery can benefit

Memories from VII World Congress of Music Therapy, Vitoria Gasteiz, 1993

Some of the participants share their memories and photos from the VII World Congress of Music Therapy, held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain in 1993

The Effectiveness of Music-based Interventions for Dementia: An Umbrella Review

This paper is an umbrella review of systematic research reviews investigating music-based interventions for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. While the quality of research methodology for many articles is variable, the findings are nevertheless impressive regarding a variety of positive results for music and music therapy. The strongest outcomes include the ability of these interventions to reduce agitation, anxiety, depression, and other behavioral/psychological symptoms in this population. Yet the impact on cognition and memory is mixed, and it is difficult to determine whether observed improvements might be due to reductions in anxiety. The article addresses several music-based interventions and caregiver programming that have been effective. These findings support the success of music-based interventions, as well as the need for clinical and research guidelines to standardize protocols and compare research studies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved

Foundations of Dementia Care for Music Therapy and Music Based Interventions: Part i

This paper defines the common needs of people with dementia, and how these can be addressed through clinical music therapy and music-based approaches. It describes different types of dementia, brain activity, and functioning, as they relate to differential responses of people with dementia to music. The article explores the ways music affects and can affect behavior, and views how the research literature documents responsiveness to music. Implications of these findings for music therapy practices are also provided. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved

Memories from VII World Congress of Music Therapy, Vitoria Gasteiz, 1993

Some of the participants share their memories and photos from the  VII World Congress of Music Therapy, held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain in 1993